How to restart X

[Phil Schaffner]

On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 10:57 -0500, Erik Volkman wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 11:38:43AM -0400, jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net> said
> > Actually there are a few ways
> > startx (startkde) (also see  man 1 startx)
> > telinit 5
> > CTL+ALT+BKSP (CTL+META+BKSP) from X
> > And a few others I don't remember.
> 
> I suppose I should put this in the context that X has frozen, and the only
> access you have is by ssh'ing in. In addition it should put you back at the
> graphical-login prompt. 

In this context, the original "telinit 3; telinit 5" does not seem like
overkill, rather the cleanest way to proceed.

Phil