Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 16:21:22 +0200 From: "Raphael H. Becker" <Raphael.Becker@gmx.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shutting down [k|g]dm for a short while? Message-ID: <20050516142122.GB35991@local.net> In-Reply-To: <200505131308.50805.ian@codepad.net> References: <20050513065243.GD7977@orthanc.st.hmc.edu> <200505131308.50805.ian@codepad.net>
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--f2QGlHpHGjS2mn6Y Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 01:08:50PM +0100, Xian wrote: > You can edit /etc/ttys to turn off the appropriate tty, then SIGHUP init = (pid=20 > 1). > You might have to kill [k|g]dm afterwards as well. You need killall kdm=20 Killing the X-Session using Ctrl-Alt-Backspace might not kill kdm. =20 > Then when your done, enable the tty, and SIGHUP init again. Right.=20 Using `init q=B4 is the more cleaner way.=20 init(8): SYNOPSIS init init [0 | 1 | 6 | c | q] [...] Run-level Signal Action 0 SIGUSR2 Halt and turn the power off 1 SIGTERM Go to single-user mode 6 SIGINT Reboot the machine c SIGTSTP Block further logins q SIGHUP Rescan the ttys(5) file =20 This should also be documented in /etc/ttys. Regards --=20 Raphael Becker http://rabe.uugrn.org/ http://schnitzelmitkartoffelsalat.und.rahmspin.at/ =2E........|.........|.........|.........|.........|.........|.........|.. --f2QGlHpHGjS2mn6Y Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCiKxinNo+exDKny0RAosVAJwPl/5wVvBPt5eUnUavAdyLw4Vc+ACdFhxa Vrvt+V3o+xjtz68plwFNhZo= =DHX7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --f2QGlHpHGjS2mn6Y--
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