Re: [CentOS] /etc/init.d/gdm for centos5
I needed to do it remotely, via commandline. tnx, On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 6:24 PM, MHR mhullr...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 4:40 PM, natecen...@linuxpowered.net wrote: grace rante wrote: Does anybody know how to restart X in centos 5.3? /etc/init.d/gdm | xdm seems to be missing. CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE ? Log out and log back in also works (which ctlaltbs will do, too). mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] /etc/init.d/gdm for centos5
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 8:58 AM, grace rantegraz...@gmail.com wrote: I needed to do it remotely, via commandline. tnx, On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 6:24 PM, MHR mhullr...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 4:40 PM, natecen...@linuxpowered.net wrote: grace rante wrote: Does anybody know how to restart X in centos 5.3? /etc/init.d/gdm | xdm seems to be missing. CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE ? Log out and log back in also works (which ctlaltbs will do, too). You could do init 3 followed by init 5, but there's probably a better way I'm blanking on at the moment. Also, please follow the group convention and do not top post. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] /etc/init.d/gdm for centos5
At Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:00:56 -0700 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 8:58 AM, grace rantegraz...@gmail.com wrote: I needed to do it remotely, via commandline. tnx, On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 6:24 PM, MHR mhullr...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 4:40 PM, natecen...@linuxpowered.net wrote: grace rante wrote: Does anybody know how to restart X in centos 5.3? /etc/init.d/gdm | xdm seems to be missing. CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE ? Log out and log back in also works (which ctlaltbs will do, too). You could do init 3 followed by init 5, but there's probably a better way I'm blanking on at the moment. telinit q Also, please follow the group convention and do not top post. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software-- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows hel...@deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/ ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] /etc/init.d/gdm for centos5
grace rante wrote: Does anybody know how to restart X in centos 5.3? /etc/init.d/gdm | xdm seems to be missing. CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE ? nate ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] /etc/init.d/gdm for centos5
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 4:40 PM, natecen...@linuxpowered.net wrote: grace rante wrote: Does anybody know how to restart X in centos 5.3? /etc/init.d/gdm | xdm seems to be missing. CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE ? Log out and log back in also works (which ctlaltbs will do, too). mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] /etc/init.d/gdm for centos5
Does anybody know how to restart X in centos 5.3? /etc/init.d/gdm | xdm seems to be missing. thanks, ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] /etc/init.d/gdm for centos5
On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 16:59 -0700, grace rante wrote: Does anybody know how to restart X in centos 5.3? /etc/init.d/gdm | xdm seems to be missing. Those scripts never existed. GDM runs from an entry in /etc/inittab, not from an rc script. You should have these two lines in /etc/inittab: # Run xdm in runlevel 5 x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon So if you have a need to restart X, do telinit 3 ; telinit 5 and that will stop and start the gdm process. thanks, ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com God, root, what is difference ? Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] /etc/init.d/gdm for centos5
I found that /usr/sbin/gdm-restart will also do the trick. thanks, On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com wrote: On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 16:59 -0700, grace rante wrote: Does anybody know how to restart X in centos 5.3? /etc/init.d/gdm | xdm seems to be missing. Those scripts never existed. GDM runs from an entry in /etc/inittab, not from an rc script. You should have these two lines in /etc/inittab: # Run xdm in runlevel 5 x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon So if you have a need to restart X, do telinit 3 ; telinit 5 and that will stop and start the gdm process. thanks, ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com God, root, what is difference ? Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
