edit /etc/inittab this line it is the first
uncommmented line change the 5 to 3 0r 2 if not on
metwork
id:5:initdefault:
---"Peter L. Arnoldy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Well, you can run the shutdown command from
> > the xterm, nothing wrong with that.
> >
> > AFIK, <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Backspace> will get rid
> > or X, I'm not sure if it'll kill the xdm.
> >
> > Or, if you're feeling lucky, kill the xdm and
> > the xserver ( I'm not sure how to do that, I
> > don't use xdm ) from xterm after ps.
> >
> > To kill the X server, cat your ~/.xinitrc,
> > and look for the last entry in the file.
> > ( By last entry I mean the last line to a
> > program, ignore the comments, etc. )
> > Once that program is killed, X will close,
> > and you will be back to the prompt. ( Again,
> > I'm not sure of xdm, you'll have to kill it
> > first, I think )
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Nikita.
> I tried ctlaltbckspace, which just got me back to
the login
> screen (don't want that, want just non-xwindows,
linux prompt)
> So, then I logged in as root and from a shell, did
> /sbin/shutdown, which shutdown (actually, froze the
xwindows
> display, so I did hardware reset, at boot though it
automatically
> went right back into xwindows. How do I stop it
from doing
> this?
>
>
> Thanks
> -Peter
>
>
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