kde(3) mutterings

[Tim Wunder]

Previously, Collins chose to write:
> One of the things I don't like is kdm.  It seems there used to be a way,
> but the current kdm has no way to exit X to a normal console which I
> need from time to time to do maintenance as root (a few things don't
> work in su mode) without X or to clone the system for backup.

This was introduced in kde2.2.1, IIRC.
The work-around is, of course, Ctrl-Alt-F1, log in as root, telinit 3 (or 
/sbin/init 3, if you prefer), if you need to stop X. I spent some time looing 
for a way to get the new kdm to do what it used to (exit to console), but it 
was more trouble than it was worth. The work-arouns works, why fight it...

Tim

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