Re: getting back into X

["Phil Robins" <Fillrobs hotmail com>]

To restart your X system type Init 3 <return> then Init 5 <return>
----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry & Ellen Davis <jfdecd@execpc.com>
To: <gnome-list@gnome.org>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 9:58 PM
Subject: getting back into X


> This is not strictly Gnome I suppose but I am using Gnome so here is I
> hope an easy question for someone.
>
> I had a runaway process the other night that kept showing OK dialog boxes
> as fast as I could press the OK button. And the dialogs were on top, so I
> couldn't even see the text of a ps ux of the process to kill.
>
> So I did a Ctrl Alt 1 to get to a console and login that way and kill the
> offending process.
>
> I couldn't figure out a way to then logout and then get back into my Gnome
> GUI session. I settled for a reboot rather than just turning the machine
> off or somthing equally as stupid.
>
> Now the question is: is there a way of getting back into my GUI session?
> Or is how I would up doing it the way I should do it?
>
> Jerry
>
> --
>
>                              /_/\
>                              (0 0)
> +====================----oOO--(_)--OOo----========================+
> |                                                                 |
> |   Jerry & Ellen Davis           If work were like my vacations, |
> |                                 then I would want to *WORK*     |
> |   email: jfdecd@execpc.com      ALL THE TIME!                   |
> |                                                                 |
> |************** Stop Forest Fires - Outlaw Matches! **************|
> +=================================================================+
>
>
> --
>         FAQ: Frequently-Asked Questions at http://www.gnome.org/gnomefaq
>          To unsubscribe: mail gnome-list-request@gnome.org with
>                        "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
>
>