Re: CTRL+ALT+Backspace will kill the X-server

2003-11-26 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 11:57:19 -0500, David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > John Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Or, if you want to get X out of the way, edit /etc/inittab , look > > for the lines : > > # The default runlevel. > > id:2:initdefault: > > a

Re: CTRL+ALT+Backspace will kill the X-server

2003-11-25 Thread Kent West
Wilko Fokken wrote: On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 12:00:32PM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: "Sridhar M.A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: If you want to temporarily disable booting to xdm on your VT100 and revert to xdm once you get back the monitor, just disable the xdm startup from all levels. # u

Re: CTRL+ALT+Backspace will kill the X-server

2003-11-25 Thread Wilko Fokken
On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 12:00:32PM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: > "Sridhar M.A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > If you want to temporarily disable booting to xdm on your VT100 and > > revert to xdm once you get back the monitor, just disable the xdm > > startup from all levels. > > > ># updat

Re: CTRL+ALT+Backspace will kill the X-server

2003-11-25 Thread Mark Roach
On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 19:13, Dan Jacobson wrote: [...] > Let's pretend my monitor is being borrowed for a few days and being > replaced by a VT100, and I want to properly end all X processes and > revert to plain tty mode, without rebooting or editing any files. Well, if you _really_ mean you're g

Re: CTRL+ALT+Backspace will kill the X-server

2003-11-25 Thread David Z Maze
"Sridhar M.A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If you want to temporarily disable booting to xdm on your VT100 and > revert to xdm once you get back the monitor, just disable the xdm > startup from all levels. > ># update-rc.d -f xdm remove > > After you get back the monitor, > ># update-rc.

Re: CTRL+ALT+Backspace will kill the X-server

2003-11-25 Thread csj
On November 21, 2003 at 8:13AM +0800, Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> is that the usual way to get rid of X windows if in case one > >> wants just to use the humble console? I know there is a > >> startx program, but no stopx. > > Presto

Re: CTRL+ALT+Backspace will kill the X-server

2003-11-25 Thread David Z Maze
John Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Or, if you want to get X out of the way, edit /etc/inittab , look for > the lines : > # The default runlevel. > id:2:initdefault: > and replace the runlevel 2 with 1. ...which will also conveniently stop your Web server, your ssh server, your power-managem

Re: CTRL+ALT+Backspace will kill the X-server

2003-11-21 Thread Kent West
Haines Brown wrote: From: Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Preston> "CTRL+ALT+Backspace" will kill the X-server. Indeed it does, with no questions asked. A question I asked before, for for which I never received an answer: Is this a "dirty" shutdown of

Re: CTRL+ALT+Backspace will kill the X-server

2003-11-21 Thread Haines Brown
> From: Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Preston> "CTRL+ALT+Backspace" will kill the X-server. > > Indeed it does, with no questions asked. A question I asked before, for for which I never received an answer: Is this a "dirty" shutdown of X and so

Re: CTRL+ALT+Backspace will kill the X-server

2003-11-21 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 08:13:08AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > > But then it just springs back to life again, with a login prompt (at > least with xdm here). > > Let's pretend my monitor is being borrowed for a few days and being > replaced by a VT100, and I want to properly en

Re: CTRL+ALT+Backspace will kill the X-server

2003-11-21 Thread John Peter
Travis Crump wrote: Dan Jacobson wrote: is that the usual way to get rid of X windows if in case one wants just to use the humble console? I know there is a startx program, but no stopx. Preston> "CTRL+ALT+Backspace" will kill the X-server. Indeed it does, with no questions ask

Re: CTRL+ALT+Backspace will kill the X-server

2003-11-20 Thread Travis Crump
Dan Jacobson wrote: is that the usual way to get rid of X windows if in case one wants just to use the humble console? I know there is a startx program, but no stopx. Preston> "CTRL+ALT+Backspace" will kill the X-server. Indeed it does, with no questions asked. But then it just

Re: CTRL+ALT+Backspace will kill the X-server

2003-11-20 Thread Pascal Hakim
On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 08:13:08AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > But then it just springs back to life again, with a login prompt (at > least with xdm here). > > Let's pretend my monitor is being borrowed for a few days and being > replaced by a VT100, and I want to properly end all X processes and

CTRL+ALT+Backspace will kill the X-server

2003-11-20 Thread Dan Jacobson
>> is that the usual way to get rid of X windows if in case one >> wants just to use the humble console? I know there is a startx >> program, but no stopx. Preston> "CTRL+ALT+Backspace" will kill the X-server. Indeed it does, with no questions asked. But then it