Re: getting back into X
- From: "Stephen L Arnold" <arnold steve ensco com>
- To: Jerry & Ellen Davis <jfdecd execpc com>, gnome-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: getting back into X
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:13:29 -0800
On 14 Feb 00, Derek Simkowiak had this to say about Re: getting back into X:
> > To restart your X system type Init 3 <return> then Init 5 <return>
>
> [dereks@localhost dereks]$ Init 3
> bash: Init: command not found
>
> (I think he meant "init 3" and "init 5")
>
> This would switch you from "runlevel 5", the "X-Window System"
> level, to "runlevel 3", the "Multiuser but no X" level.
>
> This would change your runlevel, but it's a much better idea to
> keep your system at runlevel 3 and simply kill X, and then restart it:
>
> killall X
> startx
>
> Type "man init" for more documentation about init and runlevels.
>
> Unfortunately, these assume you can get to a terminal. So if you
> have a hardware problem (such as a frozen 3Dfx card or X is flipping out
> because it can't detect a fscking mouse) you're screwed. Unless, of
> course, you can telnet to your box and shutdown gracefully.
The original post started off something like: "I had a runaway X
process, so I did Alt-F1 to login to a console and kill the
process..."
To get back from there, you can do Alt-F7 (or maybe Ctl-Alt in some
situations) to return to X.
Steve
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