Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:16:20 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Istvan_Gabor?= <suseuser04@lajt.hu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stop and start X server in FreeBSD 9.0 Message-ID: <3017a44e.1f5f420b.506b1354.cee0c@lajt.hu> In-Reply-To: <201210021629.44943.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> References: <655c8927.6a890f36.506aed3e.ebec@lajt.hu> <20121002154954.75800f3e.freebsd@edvax.de> <201210021629.44943.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>
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Polytropon, Mike, Thank for your answers. 2012. október 2. 17:29 napon Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> írta: > 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" I did this one before. I hoped I could make it without editing ttys every time. > * kill -1 1 > * killall kdm-bin Thanks for pointing out which program has to be killed. > > 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. > I guess this is the way to go. Thanks! Istvanhelp
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