lameth wrote:
> How do you shut X-windows down and get to the command prompt?
> Depending on the response I get from another post I'm thinking of
> upgrading the drivers for my video card and I'm sure it wouldn't be a
> bad idea to turn X off while I do so.
>
>
Depends:
- on the window manager being run
- on whether a session manager (xdm, gdm, etc) is running
Most window managers have a way to logout; find that to get to either a
console (full screen white text on black background usually) or to a
graphical login prompt (the session manager). If you get to a graphical
login prompt, you need to kill the session manager. Do this by pressing
Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch to the first virtual terminal (VT - the console
mentioned above; Ctrl-Alt-F2 switches you to the second VT, and etc).
Log in if necessary (probably) either as root or as a normal user with
sudo access, and as root run "/etc/init.d/[xdm or wdm or gdm or kdm] stop".
Now you can upgrade your drivers.
To restart your session manager, as root run "/etc/init.d/[x|w|g|kdm]
start". You'll probably automatically be switched to the seventh VT
where the GUI login will probably load; you might want to switch back to
VT1 and log out of that session, then switch to VT7 to log in as you
normally would.
All done.
Kent
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
