On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, Alan Su wrote: > Well, that is a bit extreme. don't worry about shutting down the X > server. when the tty on which the X server is running is active, you > can switch to other tty's by using Control-LeftAlt-Fx, where x is the > number of a different tty (presumably a text console).
Heh... I would say very extreme. The same as you say, Ctrl-LAlt-Fx and also Ctrl-r - that shuts down the server, but its still there... do a `/etc/init.d/xdm stop` to kill it. I have xdm off by default, so I would use startx, but I prefer xdm - here is my hack: in the /etc/init.d/xdm script: (added '|| [ "$2" = "--force" ]') --------- run_xdm=0 if grep -q ^start-xdm /etc/X11/config || [ "$2" = "--force" ] then run_xdm=1 fi --------- then two scripts in /usr/local/sbin : -----------/usr/local/sbin/xdmon---------- #!/bin/sh /etc/init.d/xdm start --force > /dev/null ---- -----------/usr/local/sbin/xdmoff--------- #!/bin/sh /etc/init.d/xdm stop --force > /dev/null ---- Works great :) when finished in X, I end my session, wait for xdm, type Ctrl-r which returns me to the VT xdm was started from, and type xdmoff. > in response to the original question, if you still don't want xdm to > start when the machine is booted, simply edit /etc/X11/config and > change the line which says 'start-xdm' to 'no-start-xdm' (or just > comment the darn thing out). > > finally, i have no idea how to do change to kdm. sorry. The kdebase package has a shell script 'switchdm' which will do this for you. > -alan > > "Zaphod Beeblebrox" wrote (Sun, 02 Aug 1998 10:28:53 PDT ): > |> > |>This may be kind of extreme, but I can get out of XWindows (xdm) > |>using the Ctr-Alt-BackSpace sequence that forces a reset. Then, at > |>some critical point during the reset, you can use the LeftAlt-RightArrow > |>sequence to switch to a different tty. > |> > |>Debian 1.3 user > |> > |>>Xwindow... is there a way to "get out" of Xwindow if XDM is "turned > |>>on"? Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Key available, reply with "pgpkey" as subject. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Curiousity may kill the cat, but a 12 gauge is quicker! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian GNU/Linux.... Ooohh You are missing out! -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null