On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, Ron Youvan wrote:
> > ctrl-alt-f1 or -f2 or ... to switch out of X, then ctrl-alt-del.
> >
> > But as long as you're out of X, log in as root, then do
> >
> > ps -ef | grep X (I think)
> >
> > to find out X's PID (Process IDentifier). Mine returns (among other
> > things)
> >
> > root 1926 1925 1 Aug30 ? 07:35:39 X :0
> > ^--owner ^--PID
> >
> > Then run "kill 1926" (or whatever your PID is). You can then switch
> > back to X (using ctrl-f6 or ctrl-f7) and log in as usual.
> With Slackware, (and Mandrake 10.1) ctrl-alt-Backspace kills the X
> window server and startx reruns it, if you auto boot into X then it should
> restart automatically.
Mine too (Xfree86 had it, Xorg inherited it); I wasn't sure but what KDE
would eat that keystroke, or DontZap was set in X's config file. Yep,
that'd be easier.
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