On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 09:37:41AM -0800, Tom Schuetz wrote:
> I'm trying to configure X11, but can't find /etc/X11, even though xf86config
> says it's writing its configuration to that directory.
>
What do you mean you can't find /etc/X11 ?
$ cd /etc/X11
should take you there. If you can't do that what does "cd" bark back?
> Also, once the X-server is started, how do I safely shut it down from a
> command line? When I hit ^alt-DEL, it just brings me back to the XDM login; I
> can get other consoles, but when I try to startx I get told the server is
> already active for another console- so how do I shut it down?
>
I hate xdm so I just remove it and use "startx" but if I did like it I
would "ctrl+alt+F2" run "ps ax" to find the pid number for xdm and
then "kill <pid>" or "kill -9 <pid>" if it took that. Then go about
my business. Also you don't have to "^alt-DEL" to shut down X.
"^alt-backspace" will suffice.
hth,
kent
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