Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 15:49:54 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Istvan Gabor <suseuser04@lajt.hu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stop and start X server in FreeBSD 9.0 Message-ID: <20121002154954.75800f3e.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <655c8927.6a890f36.506aed3e.ebec@lajt.hu> References: <655c8927.6a890f36.506aed3e.ebec@lajt.hu>
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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, ...
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