closing x server

[cheese]

how do i do it? thanks

[insomnia]

quote:Originally posted by blackh@t:
how do i do it? thanks

This works rather stupid in RH/Fedora.

press:
Ctrl-Alt-F3.
Login as root.(you might have to do this twice)
Type:
init3

This will finally close X11.

To restart X11, type:
startx

[ May 11, 2004: Message edited by: insomnia ]

[cheese]

i logged in as root and whatnot and i tried init3 but it said invalid command or something like that  

[flap]

He means
init 3

[cheese]

still saying command not found :-/

[mobrien_12]

quote:Originally posted by blackh@t:
still saying command not found :-/

Ok it's not in the path... likely meaning you used

Code: [Select]

instead of

Code: [Select]

or logging in directly as root.

Use

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or give the full path, i.e.

Code: [Select]

[cheese]

ooh ok, thanks a bunch  

[preacher]

If you can't get init3 to work, search out the pid and kill it.

$ps -ae | grep X

$kill [pid]

[mobrien_12]

quote:Originally posted by ThePreacher:
If you can't get init3 to work, search out the pid and kill it.

$ps -ae | grep X

$kill [pid]

Very true, if you are not running a graphical login manager (xdm, gdm, kdm).  Killing the X process will just cause the manager to spawn a new one.  If one is not running a graphical login manager, the X process can be also killed with CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE.