How to stop x

[Nick Wilson]

Hi

I know this is dumb but I can't work it out?

How do I shutdown my xserver so I'm left with just a console?

Cheers

[bdg1983]

The NHF http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/x-windows/guiboot.html will explain some of it.

Usually ctrl-alt-backspace will get you out of X.

[Niminator]

Or open a terminal as superuser and type the comand 'init 3'. Also, if you want to boot to the command line all the time, it's set up in the /etc/inittab file there's a line in there similar to

id:5:initdefault:

Just change that 5 to a 3 and you're set. Whatever you do, don't change that 5 to a 6, unless you want to screw up your system.

[Nick Wilson]

Great, thanks guys I'll try it now.

Nick