On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Ben Scott <dragonh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Kevin D. Clark > <kevin_d_cl...@comcast.net> wrote: >> 4: what happens when you type "telinit 5"? > > FYI, Debian and (IIRC) Ubuntu don't use runlevel 5 normally. They > normally boot to runlevel 2, and use a service to start/stop an X > display manager. So, I think the equivalent command would be: > > /etc/init.d/gdm start > > I could be wrong, this is from memory, and I haven't used Ubuntu in > a while, either. IIRC, Ubuntu replaced the standard SysV init with > some new thing, and it may not even have initscripts anymore.
Ubuntu migrated to upstart. However, init scripts are still generally linked. sudo /ewtc/init.d/gdm restart This still works, but gives you a little nastygram saying you should really be doing it via (several ways): sudo service gdm restart sudo restart gdm -- -- Thomas _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
