Re: [newbie] Shutting down X
On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Anthony Huereca wrote: The only way I know how to get totally out of X is to never start it. At the LILO prompt, type "linux 3" and it'll just dump you at the command prompt. I also wish there was an easier way to totally kill X. Would not ctrl-alt-backspace do that for you? Paul -- Rain and tears are the streams that wash away life's dirt... )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [Re: [newbie] Shutting down X]
Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Anthony Huereca wrote: The only way I know how to get totally out of X is to never start it. At the LILO prompt, type "linux 3" and it'll just dump you at the command prompt. I also wish there was an easier way to totally kill X. Would not ctrl-alt-backspace do that for you? Paul === Only if your inittab is set to use runlevel 3. If it's set for run level 5, cntrl-alt-bksp will kill x, only to restart it and take you back to a graphical log in station (like kdm or some such). Mike "What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?" --W. C. Fields Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Shutting down X
If you truly want X to stop loading or running automaticly then run X Configuration as root. Click OK and close. You will then see 2 more pop up windows, 1 asking if you wish to test the setting and the 2nd asking if you wish to start X at boot. Click No to the 2nd and X will no longer run. I mean that literally X will no longer run period You would have to run X Configuration again in order to start it. The directions I gave were done from kde. I have done it that way but I have not tied it from the command line but it should work from there more or less the same. Charles - Original Message - From: "Paul" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 2:49 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Shutting down X On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Anthony Huereca wrote: The only way I know how to get totally out of X is to never start it. At the LILO prompt, type "linux 3" and it'll just dump you at the command prompt. I also wish there was an easier way to totally kill X. Would not ctrl-alt-backspace do that for you? Paul -- Rain and tears are the streams that wash away life's dirt... )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [Re: [newbie] Shutting down X]
On 25 Jun 2000, Michael Scottaline wrote: Would not ctrl-alt-backspace do that for you? === Only if your inittab is set to use runlevel 3. If it's set for run level 5, cntrl-alt-bksp will kill x, only to restart it and take you back to a graphical log in station (like kdm or some such). Ah, I remember now! That is why I changed to runlevel 3. Got my butt in trouble in X once and could hardly get out of that *grin* Paul -- Rain and tears are the streams that wash away life's dirt... )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Shutting down X
The easiest way is to press "Ctrl+Alt+Fx" where x is 1-6. The Mandrake doesn't have the option to run in console mode when you wish it by pressing SHUTDOWN from the login, whereas other (Caldera for example) do. I don't know if there is a way to enable this option somehow. If anyone knows, please post it out... From: Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Shutting down X Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 11:12:55 -0400 I have a dumb questionI need to run in command line mode and can't seem to get there. Can anyone tell me how to shut down X and get to the command line? thanks Jim Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Shutting down X
The only way I know how to get totally out of X is to never start it. At the LILO prompt, type "linux 3" and it'll just dump you at the command prompt. I also wish there was an easier way to totally kill X. The easiest way is to press "Ctrl+Alt+Fx" where x is 1-6. The Mandrake doesn't have the option to run in console mode when you wish it by pressing SHUTDOWN from the login, whereas other (Caldera for example) do. I don't know if there is a way to enable this option somehow. If anyone knows, please post it out... From: Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Shutting down X Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 11:12:55 -0400 I have a dumb questionI need to run in command line mode and can't seem to get there. Can anyone tell me how to shut down X and get to the command line? thanks Jim -- Anthony Huereca http://m3000.1wh.com Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
Re: [newbie] Shutting down X
To get to command line mode, hit "alt+ctrl+f2". To get back to X, hit "alt+ctrl+f7" I have a dumb questionI need to run in command line mode and can't seem to get there. Can anyone tell me how to shut down X and get to the command line? thanks Jim -- Anthony Huereca http://m3000.1wh.com Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
Re: [newbie] Shutting down X
Do you need to be in command line or will a terminal window do ? If you need to be in command line I think it's init 3 On Sun, 04 Jun 2000, you wrote: I have a dumb questionI need to run in command line mode and can't seem to get there. Can anyone tell me how to shut down X and get to the command line? thanks Jim -- * How can I Automount my brain at boot time ? *
Re: [newbie] Shutting down X
On Mon, 5 Jun 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you need to be in command line or will a terminal window do ? If you need to be in command line I think it's init 3 On Sun, 04 Jun 2000, you wrote: I have a dumb questionI need to run in command line mode and can't seem to get there. Can anyone tell me how to shut down X and get to the command line? init 3 is almost right. At the lilo prompt you can type linux 3 that will get you to a text mode console without going into X. From inside X, you can do ctrl-alt-f2 to get to a console, and alt-f7 to go back to X. Inside X you can also ctrl-alt-backspace to kill the x-server and fall back to a console. Paul -- Enthusiasm and optimism are the legs of life )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Shutting down X
In KDE right click on the desktop and pick "Log out" from the menu. In anything you like Ctrl - Alt - Backspace pressed simultaenously should get you there, but there must be a menu option somewhere HTH Glyn M. On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 11:12:55AM -0400, thus spake Jim: I have a dumb questionI need to run in command line mode and can't seem to get there. Can anyone tell me how to shut down X and get to the command line? thanks Jim -- ** * "The soul is greater than the hum of its parts. " * * Douglas Hoftstatder* **
Re: [newbie] Shutting down X
I have a dumb questionI need to run in command line mode and can't seem to get there. Can anyone tell me how to shut down X and get to the command line? thanks Jim
Re: [newbie] Shutting down X
Jimif you booted into the console and then started the desktop gui with a startx command then all you need to do is logout of the gui. In KDE there is an X button just above a padlock button on the panel at the bottom of your screen. Click on this X button and follow the dialog boxes. If you booted directly into the gui desktop then you don't shut down the gui to get to the command line. There are 2 ways to get to a command line. Both of them will work in the above situation (started the gui w/startx) as well. First one is to open a console window. There is an icon on the panel for that. Second is to use the ctl-alt-fX (where X=2,3,4,5,or 6). To get back to the gui from one of these consoles you press alt-f7. Alan Jim wrote: I have a dumb questionI need to run in command line mode and can't seem to get there. Can anyone tell me how to shut down X and get to the command line? thanks Jim
Re: [newbie] Shutting down X
you can switch to a virtual terminal by pressing CTRL+AL+F1 ( could be between F1-F8 ) normally all you have to do is press ALT+F1 but when you are in X you have to press CTRL+ALT+F1 At 11:12 AM 6/4/00 -0400, you wrote: I have a dumb questionI need to run in command line mode and can't seem to get there. Can anyone tell me how to shut down X and get to the command line? thanks Jim
Re: [newbie] Shutting down X
On Sun, 04 Jun 2000, you wrote: I have a dumb questionI need to run in command line mode and can't seem to get there. Can anyone tell me how to shut down X and get to the command line? Control-Alt-Backspace thanks Jim -- -michael- -- Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old. Æschylus --
