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This is a really noobie question, but how do I restart X? I have to learn sometime lol....
  1. 02-22-2007 #1
    Emandman
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    how do I restart X??

    This is a really noobie question, but how do I restart X?

    I have to learn sometime lol.
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  2. 02-23-2007 #2
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    For some distros you can do ctrl-alt-delete, others you need to do ctrl-alt-F1 (or F2, etc...), log in, run ps -A and kill x (kill process_number)
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  3. 02-24-2007 #3
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    This is a great thing to read about the X server. There are more ways to kill X than you can shake a stick at!
    http://portal.dfpug.de/dFPUG/Dokumen...sfer/killx.pdf
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    Control Alt Backspace has been known to kill xservers too
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  5. 02-24-2007 #5
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    What distro are you using? Some distros can restart X differently.
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  6. 02-25-2007 #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeTbob
    Control Alt Backspace has been known to kill xservers too
    Yeah Ctrl+Alt+Backspace will restart the xserver for you. (I've only used this method in KDE and I'm not sure if this works with GNOME, etc.)
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  7. 02-26-2007 #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by tuxv
    Yeah Ctrl+Alt+Backspace will restart the xserver for you. (I've only used this method in KDE and I'm not sure if this works with GNOME, etc.)
    I use it on gnome all the time
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