Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 16:29:44 +0100 From: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Istvan Gabor <suseuser04@lajt.hu> Subject: Re: stop and start X server in FreeBSD 9.0 Message-ID: <201210021629.44943.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20121002154954.75800f3e.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <655c8927.6a890f36.506aed3e.ebec@lajt.hu> <20121002154954.75800f3e.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Tuesday 02 October 2012 14:49:54 Polytropon wrote: > 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. The OP is using kdm3 which is normally managed through /etc/ttys instead of an rc script. To stop kdm3: * edit /etc/ttys, find the line 'ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm" xterm on secure' and changie "on" to "off" * kill -1 1 * killall kdm-bin To restart * edit /etc/ttys and change "off" back to "on" for kdm * kill -1 1 But it isn't necessary to do all this just to pick up changes in xorg.conf. Just make your desired changes to xorg.conf, then log out of kde and switch to a console as root and killall kdm-bin. This will stop and start X as well as kdm. You can do all this from a terminal window in your kde session but I prefer to logout cleanly instead of having the rug pulled from under my feet which has sometimes corruptedf my kdmrc file. -- Mike Clarke
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