Stopping the X Server


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Just wondering is there a way to actually stop the X server without pressing "Alt + Ctrl + Backspace".

I actually want it to completely stop and not restart.

How do I do this?

Thanks in advance.

P.S. I'm using Fedora Core 1

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ok do this

<ctrl> <alt> <f1> and from there login as su.

after that type "init 3"

this kills X and the way to get back to it is by typing "init 5"

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Thanks so much JadeWold324! That worked perfectly!

Now one more question:

The reason i needed to do that was so I could reinstall the NVIDIA drivers. The system seems to hang for a minute when X is started. (for example, the "NVIDIA" screen will sit there for 1 min before anything happens)

I know its not the NVIDIA drivers doing it now, and it used to do that before I installed the NV drivers. Any ideas on what could be causing X to take take so long to start up???

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i have used those drivers and they work good for me..what card are u using them with?

i noticed it takes longer for it to load if u were conected to ethernet and the remove it (at least in MDK)...derno why...i guess its trying to setup servers while NV loads...

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well I just installed Fedora, I'm getting a 120GB hard drive tomorrow so I'll re-install and see if it still does it.

At first it worked fine, then I think it was after I played with either the display settings or the mouse settings. Perhaps I could fiddle with the mouse settings and see what happens.

I have a MS Wireless desktop, the mouse never worked properly with MDK 9.2, and Fedora setup never detected it, but it seems to work when I select USB wireless intellimouse from the setup screen.

Thanks for your help anyways, that "init" command will come in very handy in the future.

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