From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 22 18:48:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA03585 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 22 Jun 1997 18:48:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zoom.bga.com (root@zoom.realtime.net [205.238.128.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA03580 for ; Sun, 22 Jun 1997 18:48:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from roost.com (apm1-69.realtime.net [205.238.146.69]) by zoom.bga.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA20380; Sun, 22 Jun 1997 20:48:02 -0500 Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 20:52:07 -0500 (CDT) From: John Kenagy X-Sender: jktheowl@roost.com To: justin@structured.net cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Reboot from X? In-Reply-To: <33AC78C8.BC1179A5@spacehog.structured.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Nah, Just use "reboot" from superuser, _but_ remember to gracefully close all the processes from which you have data you don't want chomped. I do it all the time when playing with my configuration. I don't have much else running though. On Sun, 22 Jun 1997, Justin Ashworth wrote: > Is it a bad thing to reboot my system while in X-Windows? > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Justin Ashworth, Intern Structured Network Systems > justin@structured.net http://www.structured.net > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike: "The Fourth Dimension is a shambles?" > Bernie: "Nobody ever empties the ashtrays. People are SO > inconsiderate." > -- Gary Trudeau, "Doonesbury" > >