getting out of x

[Steven P. Ulrick]

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 08:00:46 -0800
Joel Grimes <joel at stirlingbridge.com> wrote:

> Noob question here - and forgive me for ranting, but it's just KILLING
> me!
> 
> How do I get the hell out of X?  I've become so frustrated with that 
> damned automatic-restart-x thing that i wanted to resort to violence. 
> 
> When, out of desparation, I hit ctrl-alt-backspace it keeps reloading 
> it.  When I do that you'd think it would GET THE POINT THAT I WANT
> OUT!  (arg!.... I feel better now)

Hello, Joel :)
"ctrl-alt-f1" through "ctrl-alt-f6" will take you to a non-graphical
mode, but I think that that doesn't actually kill X.
As root, "/sbin/telinit 3" will take you directly to runlevel three,
under which I believe X does not run.

Have a Great Day :)
Steven P. Ulrick