Re: How to stop X, to get a text mode console (new to Debian, need help)

[Kent West]

Hans-Peter Sulzer wrote: How can I shutdown X to get a normal text mode terminal, Ctrl-Alt-F1, followed by (see below) Currently the Gnome Display Manager (gdm?) is loaded when booting (graphical login), and there seems to be no option, to stop it, to get a text mode tty. /etc/init.d/gdm stop How can I change my installation, so that it uses the KDE display manager, which I have heard, has the possibility to stop X, to get a text tty. aptitude install kdm (or if it's already installed, "dpkg-reconfigure kdm") And how (with gdm and kdm) can I restart X11, after doing some things in text mode (it takes a long time to reboot Debian completely) startx or /etc/init.d/gdm start or /etc/init.d/kdm start -- Kent West Technology Support Abilene Christian University