what's the correspond cmd of startx?

hongxing · 11-28-2005, 03:01 AM

in SuSE Linux, there is a command named startx which start the X Server
my question is what's the correspond command?

thanks!

hongxing · 11-28-2005, 03:02 AM

what's its usage?

thanks!

titopoquito · 11-28-2005, 04:05 AM

I'm not sure I understand your question. If you want to know what "startx" does exactly (it's a script on my system) than you can take a closer look on it:
(1) locate startx (type "which startx" in command line)
(2) open it with your favourite editor

So a

Code:

less `which startx`

does open up the startx script with less viewer.

edeCh · 11-28-2005, 04:46 AM

you can also try

>>type startx<<

that one shows the definition; moreover it also works with aliases

hongxing · 11-28-2005, 05:52 PM

I mean if there is a cmd named "endx" ?

thanks!

number9 · 11-28-2005, 07:27 PM

Code:

CTRL+ALT+Backspace

... bounces X, but most Window Managers will kick you back to the CLI after logging out. If you are shutting down from within, it'll totally skip the console from which you started X.

edeCh · 11-29-2005, 03:53 AM

you can also try

Code:

sudo init 3

for going to text-console mode, and

Code:

sudo init 5

for restarting xdm

Artanicus · 11-29-2005, 04:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by hongxing
I mean if there is a cmd named "endx" ?

thanks!

No, there is not. X is a process like any other, so to shutdown X you can press ctrl+alt+backspace while inside X, or just kill it with 'killall X'

edeCh: not everyone uses Ubuntu, be careful when advising newbies into sudoing something as Ubuntu is the only abomination using it for default root actions.. (: Itd nowadays better to just remind that it needs to be done as root and let the user figure out what their distro wants them to do to get root access.

edeCh · 11-29-2005, 05:36 AM

Quote:

not everyone uses Ubuntu

actually i thought the sudo command to be available on most distributions; at least on SUSE which i am using right now it works;

Quote:

nowadays better to just remind that it needs to be done as root and let the user figure out what their distro wants them to do to get root access.

but i think you have a good point here

reddazz · 11-29-2005, 05:43 AM

Sudo is available on every distro but isn't the default wasy of having root privileges. The Ubuntu implementation of sudo is insecure in my personal opinion because an intruder only needs one password to be able to control the whole system.

As for ending X, I think its safer to logout than to kill X using kill or ctrl-al-backspace.