boot into init 3 while running linux, it boots into console mode. from there you can use your X server firing up with startx.
rrs On 28 Mar 2003, Richard S. Crawford wrote: > Forgive an amateur... > > When I'm at home, I work exclusively on my RH8.0 box, and I like to have > X running so I can run applications like Evolution, Mozilla, and so on. > > When I'm on the road (which I am far too often for my job), I use a > Windows XP laptop, and I log into my desktop computer remotely with SSH, > and use Squirrelmail to check my personal e-mail. > > As I understand it, I certainly don't need X running to make IMAP, > Apache, SSHD, or any of the other remote programs I run work. But X can > be a major resource hog, and slows things down when I'm logging in > remotely. > > Is there an easy and painless way I can shut down X before I leave on > business trips, and start it back up again when I'm at home, without > having to reboot the machine? I'm using GNOME 2.0 as my windowing > environment, if that's important. I imagine for those odd times when I > need an X application while on the road, I can log in to my computer > from Cygwin and start X remotely. > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
