From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 23 21:39:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA21731 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 21:39:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obie.softweyr.ml.org ([199.104.124.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA21669 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 21:36:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.ml.org (8.7.5/8.6.12) id VAA04000; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 21:39:36 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 21:39:36 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199706240339.VAA04000@obie.softweyr.ml.org> From: Wes Peters To: "David E. Tweten" CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reboot from X? In-Reply-To: <199706220851.BAA09564@ns.frihet.com> References: <199706220851.BAA09564@ns.frihet.com> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ashworth@spacehog.structured.net said: % Is it a bad thing to reboot my system while in X-Windows? David E. Tweten replied: > Not at all. I've been using FreeBSD since it was 386bsd, always with > XFree86, and always typing "shutdown" or "reboot" or "halt," as > appropriate, from X. There's never been a problem, nor should there > be one. Exactly right - X is just another (set of) process(es). If you're impatient, you can shutdown from X by typing Ctrl-F1 then Ctrl-Alt-Del. The first will take you to the text console, and the second will gracefully reboot the computer. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com