On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 10:27:41PM -0700, Jay O'Brien wrote: > Andrew Jones wrote: > > Jay O'Brien wrote: > >> > >>Ok, what DO I do to shut down gnome if I don't want it running? > >> > > > > ctrl+alt+backspace. It crashes the xserver though, but it'll exit. > > Nope. It doesn't work for me. With gdm/X running, ctl+alt+bksp goes > first to black screen then comes back with a new logon window. If I > do it enough times, it reports to the virtual terminal "The display > server has been shut down about 6 times in the last 90 seconds, it > is likely that something bad is going on. I will wait for two minutes > before trying again on display :0." and then it comes back on.
Turn the gdm entry in /etc/ttys to "off". kill -HUP 1. Then kill the gdm process. -- Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door" - W.E. Channing _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"