Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 19:09:47 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> Cc: FreeBSD - questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to get out of GNOME? Message-ID: <20041031060947.GB21723@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <418477CD.8090903@att.net> References: <41842DAB.7080901@att.net> <57d710000410301715351b45a5@mail.gmail.com> <418436F8.8060703@att.net> <200410301854.48655.mnavarre@cox.net> <418446BA.6070503@att.net> <41846D21.4030305@bellsouth.net> <418477CD.8090903@att.net>
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On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 10:27:41PM -0700, Jay O'Brien wrote:
> Andrew Jones wrote:
> > Jay O'Brien wrote:
> >>
> >>Ok, what DO I do to shut down gnome if I don't want it running?
> >>
> >
> > ctrl+alt+backspace. It crashes the xserver though, but it'll exit.
>
> Nope. It doesn't work for me. With gdm/X running, ctl+alt+bksp goes
> first to black screen then comes back with a new logon window. If I
> do it enough times, it reports to the virtual terminal "The display
> server has been shut down about 6 times in the last 90 seconds, it
> is likely that something bad is going on. I will wait for two minutes
> before trying again on display :0." and then it comes back on.
Turn the gdm entry in /etc/ttys to "off". kill -HUP 1. Then kill the
gdm process.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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