-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Wackojacko wrote: > Joe Hart wrote: >> This computer boots strait into KDE because the installer put in the >> init scripts to start kdm. (I used bootcheat: install tasks="standard, >> kde-desktop"). If I upgrade something like Xorg (which I did earlier >> today from sid), all I do is open a tty and login, then type >> "/etc/init.d/kdm stop" and that stops X, then I start it up again with >> /etc/init.d/kdm start, log out and go back to X. >> > Why not use Ctrl+Alt+Backspace. Much quicker. (you could also use > /etc/init.d/kdm restart from the console to save a little typing :) ) > > Wackojacko > > You're right. Most of the time I do restart X with the alt-ctrl-bksp, but that doesn't stop kdm.
It never occurred to me to stop KDM while I am in X, because it is the service that starts X and I just logically concluded (assumed) that shutting down kdm from within X would cause problems. I have learned that there are some things you should only do from a TTY, such as a dist-upgrade. Perhaps it's paranoia, but I've had problems with dist-upgrades in the past, but then again, it was not _real_ Debian that I was running. I am starting to use the tty more and more, and Konsole less and less. Why? Don't really know, but I think that essay found here: http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6282 made a lot of sense. Joe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF3dkTiXBCVWpc5J4RAi6wAJ43NP4eP9tfvbp8szLwyq+EInOufACbBsWX 18i7BolZ8Fkg5slYxNN9/Z0= =1IZm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
