On Mon, 28 May 2007 19:49:56 +1200 Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon 28 May 2007 16:17:44 NZST +1200, Carl Cerecke wrote: > > > Most of the time, if I can get back to a console, I can get X > > restarted without reboot. This is using an intel chipset on my laptop. > > In theory, restarting X should be all that's needed. The easier way for > doing that is to run > > init 3 > init 5 > > from a console as root. In practice, switching between graphics screen Unfortunately, as all debian based distros run from runlevel 2 (whether graphical or text based), that won't work. Will for RedHat and SuSE ( I assume as it's you posting ). However, even then, you may well be starting and stopping a log of unnecessary processes, depending on your setup. <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Backspace> and <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<F1> work from almost every distro I know of, and Slowlaris, HP-UX... Steve
