How to quit X server and to use Frame Buffer ?

[suvisuper]

Hello,

I 'm trying to quit X server to launch a stand alone
application on the frame buffer.
When I execute '/etc/init.d/x-server.sh stop' the system reboots. I am using ubuntu 8.04 hardy.
Have you a solution to quit X server and to use application like viewing images etc..on frame buffer?

[GNU-Fan]

For me, "killall gdm" works.

[reed9]

Ubuntu Linux shutdown the X server

[D4niel]

Hello,

I 'm trying to quit X server to launch a stand alone
application on the frame buffer.
When I execute '/etc/init.d/x-server.sh stop' the system reboots. I am using ubuntu 8.04 hardy.
Have you a solution to quit X server and to use application like viewing images etc..on frame buffer?

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

and for kde, it's

sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop
sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start


Those init.d scripts will do what you want to do,

D4niel

[D4niel]

For me, "killall gdm" works.

Sorry for ripping you here, but this is a very unclean way of doing things?

Rather use the init.d scripts for this, safer propper way.

[suvisuper]

Thanks to reed9 and D4niel both the above methods worked..