techquilla Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 how do i exit the gui of linux and just use the text mode.....? i tried the ctrl-alt-backspace but it didn't work.....it exited the gui but hten entered it again automatically..... btw, i'm using redhat 8..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Running killall kdm (for kde) and killall gdm (for gnome I believe) will exit X and take you back to the command prompt. I think you can also hit control+alt+Fx to go to various consoles. Not sure if it works with redhat though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMaster Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Quick and easy way which will definately kill it (safely/properly) is CRTL-ALT-Backspace. Shift-Fx doesn't work in X Window since its used to switch to virtual terminals when you're already in console mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techquilla Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 but i tried crtl alt backspace , but what it does is restart X, not kill it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagal Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 exactly, Ctrl+Alt+Backspace restarts X (well, at least in redhat 8)...try Ctrl+Alt+Esc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[idkfa] Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 /etc/init.d/xdm stop /etc/init.d/kdm stop one of these two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagal Posted December 14, 2002 Share Posted December 14, 2002 here... http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/R...ing-prompt.html use this site for most of your redhat questions :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted December 14, 2002 Share Posted December 14, 2002 Also, if necessary, you can restart your computer and then select failsafe if Red Hat has a boot interface like Mandrake's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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