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Sometimes I use vnc server and start desktop. The memory use rises about 2gb during this. I need to be able to turn off the xwindows after i shutdown vnc ...
  1. 02-10-2011 #1
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    how to start and stop xwindows without rebooting

    Sometimes I use vnc server and start desktop. The memory use rises about 2gb during this. I need to be able to turn off the xwindows after i shutdown vnc without rebooting. Is there a way to do this?. And I don't need to know how to disable at boot thats not what i need to do I seen that answer on the forums.

    Thanks in advance!
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  2. 02-11-2011 #2
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    Ctrl-Alt-Backspace.
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    does not always work (ctrl-alt-backspace).

    press alt+F3 to go to the terminal and as root use the command "service gdm stop" to stop it, or "service gdm start" to start it or "service gdm restart" to restart it.

    or

    presss alt+F3 again to go to the terminal and as root type "init 3" and then once thats finished type "init 5".
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    If ctrl-alt-backspace is not activated, you can turn it on in Gnome by going to System -> Preferences -> Keyboard -> Layouts -> Options and setting the "Key sequence to kill the X-Server".

    However, I wouldn't worry about the memory usage as it will be freed up when it is needed.
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  5. 02-13-2011 #5
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    gdm-restart ?
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  6. 02-14-2011 #6
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    I couldn't get any of these options to work. I don't get it at all.
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