[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

[Alex Lam S.L.]

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:33 PM, Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
> On 6/22/2011 3:30 PM, Alex Lam S.L. wrote:
>>
>> Is there a way to literally kill the GUI? I run into this accidentally
>> today:
>>
>> # svcadm disable gdm
>>
>> Which throws me out into the console. The only down-side being that if
>> the desktop freezes, I don't think I get this line typed out, let
>> alone executing it...
>>
>> Thanks for the information.
>
> Does Ctrl-Alt-Backspace kill the X server when it's hung?  It should.

I actually tried that as it was the first suggestion coming back from
Google - didn't seem to do anything. Not even switching to a blank
screen like Ctrl+Alt+F1 does.


Alex.



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> -brian
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