RE: [LUG] X shutdown

[Paul Weaver <P.J.Weaver at exeter.ac.uk>]

>===== Original Message From lug-list at area51.termisoc.org =====
>Newbie in trouble.
>Have set up TurboLinux to start in X mode but now want
>to start in command line mode. 'turboxcfg' should
>allow this to be changed but as a last Catch 22
>instructs you " Enter telinit 3 when X is not running
>". As I'm stuck in X this is not possible. The RTFM
>method has proved less than effective. 'startx' will
>open X , is there a reverse command to close X?
>Please assist.
>
>Trevor Sansom

You should be able too
1) log out to xdm/kdm/whatever
2) press ctrl-alt-f2, then get to the console, 
3) log in as root
4) killall (xdm|kdm|gdm) - the thing to kill depends on what login program you 
use.

You can also try, from lilo, "linux init=3", which should stop you from going 
into x.


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