Re: startx

[Ralph Slooten <ralph slooten quicknet nl>]

Well, actually it's like this. My PC automatically boots into gnome / X (so to
say). But what I wanted to know was if there is a a way to close X and get back
into the prompt. Just like in Windows where there is an option in the logout /
shutdown screen to reboot into Dos. Does that make it clearer?


Ralph




On 24-May-2000 Ben FrantzDale wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ralph Slooten <ralph.slooten@quicknet.nl>
> To: Gnome <gnome-list@gnome.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 3:19 AM
> Subject: Re: startx
> 
> 
>> Yeah, and then? I get into the login screen, but that's not exactly where
> I
>> want to be. Do I have to reboot then?
> 
> Nope. Where do you want to be? If you've loged on at the text login and run
> X with ``startx'' then when you log out of x you should be back at a
> terminal prompt where you can type ``exit'' to log out. Is that what you
> mean?
> 
> --Ben
> 
> 
>> On 24-May-2000 bob@thestuff.net wrote:
>> > foot menu -> logout
>> >
>> > On Wed, 24 May 2000, Ralph Slooten wrote:
>> >
>> >> Could someone please tell me if there is a simple way to close X?
> starting
>> >> it
>> >> is no problem with the "startx" command, but once I'm in Gnome, how can
> I
>> >> get
>> >> back?
>> >>
>> >> Many thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Ralph
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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