> 1) How to turn off the X server when I have already logged into ubuntu. > (I know about startx to start the X server but don't know how to shut it.)
Try logging out from the desktop manager. Another option might be to use Ctrl+Alt+Backspace (same as kill?). > 2) When I start my machine, Ubuntu directly boots with automatically > starting the X. > What I need to do if I want to boot to plane terminal instead of X. > (after that I can use 'startx' to start the X if I feel so) The "login" manager that you see is called gdm. Earlier it used to be as simple as changing a number in /etc/inittab. Removing gdm from startup should still do the trick. Google to see how to do that. > 3) When Ubuntu gets booted its shows some log. like ".. graphics turbo > disabled.. ... started...". > Same things happen when I shut down the system. > Where I can see those both the logs..? I don't think all such messages get logged anywhere. dmesg or /var/log/messages only show you kernel logs. Those messages were earlier generated by sys V/init(?) scripts. The output of those don't go to /var/log/messages. If you want to see kernel logs from previous bootups/shutdowns, /var/log/messages is what you want to check out. Sharad -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
