Eric, FYI. You can stop X and gdm by running the following command: "services gdm stop" or just go to the /etc/init.d and run the gdm script manually and pass it "stop" example: "/etc/init.d/gdm stop"
You don't want to do this while in X so make sure to switch terminals "CTRL-ALT-F2" were F2 can be any of the terminals F2-F6 (tty2-tty6). Hope this helps. Shane --- Eric Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (difficulty: advanced newbie; novice oldie) > > I just noticed something neat about "ps" in another > thread today: > > <preamble> > The way I learn how to do things in Linux is > (mostly) through > trial-and-error and edumacated guessing as to how to > edit .conf files > and guessing as to what options to pass to > executables (works often > enough for me :-). ...sometimes <sigh> I'll resort > to reading man > pages, searching the web, or asking the user lists > for help (I am a > Mac fan(atic) at heart after all so reading manuals > isn't exactly how > I use my computers). > </preamble> > > Anyway, today I noticed a really cool option for > "ps". You can use the > following command (from a terminal) to display the > exact syntax of the > command-line instruction that was used to start a > particular process: > > ps ax > > I've been playing with XDCMP of late which has > required me to be able > to start and stop gdm and X on my client machine (I > still am killing X > the "dirty" way by doing "sudo killall gdm"... I > presume there's a > proper way to do it). Anyway, I want to know what > the options are for > my normal X.org session so that I can modify them > when I manually > start X (yesterday I managed to have my local X > session working on vt9 > and the XDCMP session working on vt8 through luck > (response time > wasn't great on vt9 but it worked) so now I'd like > to know what the > system does :)... > > e.g. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ ps xa|grep X11 > 4230 ? S 2:41 /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -br > -audit 0 -auth > /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7 > > (FYI yesterday I used the vt8 option (I had a hunch > after I skimmed > the man page for X) to get "X -query 192.168.0.2 > vt8" to display my > XDCMP session on vt8... then I ran gdm from a CLUI > and it said :0 was > used so it was going to use :1 and somehow it ended > up on vt9 ;-). > > Anyhow, I hope someone else can find some use in > this cool little "ps > ax" gem as well. > > Eric. > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users > _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
