Alt+Backspace usually shuts down a hung X server.  It might take you out
and back to a console.  Other than that just run a console from within
X.

Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is
irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andy Goth
> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 4:10 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] Runlevel 5
>
>
> I need to set runlevel 5 as default for my dad's sake.  That
> way he can
> log in and shut down the system with ease (he doesn't know any other
> way).  But with kdm, he just clicks his picture and enters his
> password...
>
> Sometimes, though, I find it necessary to kill X.  How can I do so
> without rebooting into runlevel 3?  Is there a way to stop kdm and X
> after having booted into runlevel 5?
>
> Thanks in advance, guys
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