On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Chris R. Martin wrote: > > Over the past couple of days I've been playing with my XF86Config file, > and having to reboot each time to see the results really sucks. I'm > positive there is a better way but a check to the xdm man page reveals > nothing. > > Can I just kill xdm and restart it w/o reboot? > > Is there a keystroke to restart xdm (and re-read the XF86Config file) ?
ctrl-alt-backspace will kill the X server, xdm will then re-start it.. or you could run '/etc/init.d/xdm stop' that would kill xdm and allow you to start and stop the X server at will. One bit of advice, make sure you have annother machine you can telnet with in case you frag your console. If you don't have 2 machines with ethernet hook up a console the the serial port. zzzzzzz, mike... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]