[gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-06 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
I'm having trouble configuring X, and to save time I'd like to be able to shut it down, edit some stuff, and start it up again. What is the gentoo way to do that? ++ kevin -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-06 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Montag 06 Juli 2009 21:33:36 schrieb Kevin O'Gorman: > I'm having trouble configuring X, and to save time I'd like to be able > to shut it down, edit some stuff, and start it up again. > > What is the gentoo way to do that? Gentoo or not, make your changes to /etc/X11/xorg.conf, logout from yo

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-06 Thread Alexander
On Monday 06 July 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Montag 06 Juli 2009 21:33:36 schrieb Kevin O'Gorman: > > > I'm having trouble configuring X, and to save time I'd like to be able > > to shut it down, edit some stuff, and start it up again. > > > > What is the gentoo way to do that? > > Gentoo o

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 06 July 2009 22:49:38 Alexander wrote: > On Monday 06 July 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Am Montag 06 Juli 2009 21:33:36 schrieb Kevin O'Gorman: > > > I'm having trouble configuring X, and to save time I'd like to be able > > > to shut it down, edit some stuff, and start it up again. >

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-06 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > I'm having trouble configuring X, and to save time I'd like to be able > to shut it down, edit some stuff, and start it up again. > > What is the gentoo way to do that? It depends on how you started X in the first place. If you did a "startx"

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-06 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> I'm having trouble configuring X, and to save time I'd like to be able >> to shut it down, edit some stuff, and start it up again. >> >> What is the gentoo way to do that? > > It depends o

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-06 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Paul > Hartman wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >>> I'm having trouble configuring X, and to save time I'd like to be able >>> to shut it down, edit some stuff, and start it up aga

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-06 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Paul >> Hartman wrote: >>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: I'm having trouble configuring X, and to save time I'd like to be able

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-06 Thread Jacob Todd
On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 11:08:09PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Monday 06 July 2009 22:49:38 Alexander wrote: > > On Monday 06 July 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > > Am Montag 06 Juli 2009 21:33:36 schrieb Kevin O'Gorman: > > > > I'm having trouble configuring X, and to save time I'd like to be

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-06 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Alexander wrote: > On Monday 06 July 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: >> Am Montag 06 Juli 2009 21:33:36 schrieb Kevin O'Gorman: >> >> > I'm having trouble configuring X, and to save time I'd like to be able >> > to shut it down, edit some stuff, and start it up again. >>

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-06 Thread Dale
Jacob Todd wrote: > On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 11:08:09PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On Monday 06 July 2009 22:49:38 Alexander wrote: >> >>> On Monday 06 July 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: >>> Am Montag 06 Juli 2009 21:33:36 schrieb Kevin O'Gorman: > I'm havin

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-06 Thread Mick
On Monday 06 July 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Paul > > Hartman wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Paul > >> > >> Hartman wrote: > >>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > I'

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-06 Thread Jacob Todd
On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 06:23:23PM -0500, Dale wrote: > Jacob Todd wrote: > > > > This isn't RedHat. > > > > > > But it applies to Gentoo as well. From my xorg.conf.example on Gentoo. > > # Uncomment this to disable the server abort sequence > # This allows clients to receive this key event.

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-06 Thread Stroller
On 6 Jul 2009, at 23:41, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: ... You haven't told us how you start X, which I think would make it easier to determine how to stop it I haven't told you because I don't know. I do know that I was using KDE when I still had X. But I set that up over 5 years ago and I've f

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-06 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 07 July 2009, Dale wrote: > Jacob Todd wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 11:08:09PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On Monday 06 July 2009 22:49:38 Alexander wrote: > >>> On Monday 06 July 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Montag 06 Juli 2009 21:33:36 schrieb Kevin O'Gorman: >

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-06 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 07 July 2009, Dale wrote: > >> Jacob Todd wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 11:08:09PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> On Monday 06 July 2009 22:49:38 Alexander wrote: > On Monday 06 July 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: >

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-06 Thread David Relson
On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 15:21:43 -0700 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Paul > Hartman wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Kevin O'Gorman > > wrote: > >> I'm having trouble configuring X, and to save time I'd like to be > >> able to shut it down, edit some stuff, and start

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-06 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
Synopsis: This host is running kdm. On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Mick wrote: > On Monday 06 July 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Paul >> >> Hartman wrote: [ snip snip ] >> > Hi, >> > >> > You haven't told us how you start X, which I think would make it >> > eas

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-07 Thread Dale
David Relson wrote: > On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 15:21:43 -0700 > Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > >> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Paul >> Hartman wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Kevin O'Gorman >>> wrote: >>> I'm having trouble configuring X, and to save time I'd like to be >>

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 15:21:43 -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > Several of you suggested "/etc/init.d/xdm start" or so to get it > (re)started. It doesn't work. Instead the start-stop daemon > complains of not being able to stat "/usr/bin/xdm" which doesn't > exist. And no I didn't mispell it. I've

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-07 Thread David Relson
On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:22:26 -0500 Dale wrote: > David Relson wrote: > > On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 15:21:43 -0700 > > Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > > > > >> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Paul > >> Hartman wrote: > >> > >>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Kevin O'Gorman > >>> wrote: > >>> > >

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X

2009-07-07 Thread Dale
David Relson wrote: > On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:22:26 -0500 > Dale wrote: > > >> David Relson wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 15:21:43 -0700 >>> Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Jul