On Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:33:50 +0200, Istvan Gabor wrote: > Hello: > > I configured FreeBSD 9.0 RELEASE with X starting automatically at boot. > I use kdm3 login manager, and it works. > I would like to make changes to xorg.conf and test the effects. > How can I stop X in a terminal temporarily? > If I kill kdm it is restarted immediately.
For the desired test scenario, I'd suggest to disable KDE (kdm) startup in /etc/rc.conf, and finally stop the related service (from /usr/local/etc/rc.d probably). Then you can easily use the "startx" command to start an X session from a user's VT, test your settings, terminate the session, and you'll be back in text mode. If you are happy with your settings, re-enable KDE (kdm) by the corresponding /etc/rc.conf entry. > In openSUSE I could do this by switchiong runlevels but > I learned that FreeBSD has no runlevels. Yes, FreeBSD uses the rc.d mechanism (see "man 8 rc" for details). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
