[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > My login now gets me in fine and X Windows is working splendidly and I'm very > impressed. Love the xfishtank program :) Perhaps there was something wrong > with what I typed in or maybe it just needed a re-boot to sort itself out. > > one other niggling issue. > > My install now automatically loads the X-Windows system on start-up which is > great. > > I also know how to remove /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm to prevent XDM for loading at > boot. > > However when I'm in X and choose the exit option I just get an X-Windows > log-in prompt again and the only way of re-booting is then as far as I can > tell a cold-boot which forces a check of the drive each time which obviously > slows things down a tad. I know there must be a less rude way to close down . > I'm re-booting back into Windoze quite a bit for the time being so it would > be handy to sort out. >
You could move to console by "Ctrl+Alt+F1" and then "Ctrl+Alt+Delete" to reboot or as root "shutdown -r now" hth, kent