kde(3) mutterings

[Collins]

On Sat, 6 Apr 2002 17:47:13 -0500 Tim Wunder <tim at thewunders.org> wrote:
> 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...
> 

On gentoo this won't work.  There is no effective difference between
runlevel 3 and 5 - it's just runlevel default.  But one of my gentoo
friends came up with the solution.  xdm is the script that controls gui
login (even if you select kdm or gdm), so you can switch to another
console as root, /etc/init.d/xdm stop, and by bye to X.  When you're
finished, /etc/init.d/xdm start and you're back to kdm.

If I were  clever, I'd have thought that up.

You know you're dead when you've stopped learning! <grin>

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Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD?
Gentoo_rc6-15 2.4.19pre - xfce + sylpheed + mozilla