Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alexander <b3nder@××××××.ru>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:47:51
Message-Id: 200907070049.38550.b3nder@yandex.ru
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X by Dirk Heinrichs
1 On Monday 06 July 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
2 > Am Montag 06 Juli 2009 21:33:36 schrieb Kevin O'Gorman:
3 >
4 > > I'm having trouble configuring X, and to save time I'd like to be able
5 > > to shut it down, edit some stuff, and start it up again.
6 > >
7 > > What is the gentoo way to do that?
8 >
9 > Gentoo or not, make your changes to /etc/X11/xorg.conf, logout from your X
10 > session, change to a virtual console and restart the display manager
11 > (/etc/init.d/xdm restart), which also restarts X as a side effect.
12 >
13 > HTH...
14 >
15 > Dirk
16 >
17
18 It is simpler to use ALT+CTL+BKSPACE to restart the display manager

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop X Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com>