On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Richard H. Pistole wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Michael Rice wrote:
> > Edit /etc/inittab and comment out the line on which xdm is referenced,
> > then kill -HUP your init process (usually 1).
>
> Or you could run 'init 3' from a root shell, which is probably safer
> than modifying your inittab for no reason... ;)
depends on what level you start xdm -- while it's typically 5, it doesn't
have to be.
grep xdm /etc/inittab
if the second field is 5, _and_ you know that nothing else is started in 5
that you _don't_ want to kill, then you can safely do 'init 3'.
I agree it's simpler than editing, though.
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