Restart X

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Archybaldos
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Restart X

Post#1 by Archybaldos » 05 Dec 2014, 17:53

Hi guys!
Sorry, stupid question - how right restart x-session from cli (script?) without entering login/password? It's possible?
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Re: Restart X

Post#2 by brokenman » 05 Dec 2014, 21:36

From CLI you can hit it with a hammer: killall X

Probably better would be to pass an init stage: init 3
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Re: Restart X

Post#3 by fanthom » 05 Dec 2014, 21:51

you could press 'Ctrl+Alt+Backspace' to kill Xorg but i'm not sure if lxdm allows autologin after a restart (i know than kdm does for sure).

if you really need autologin then perhaps you could call /usr/bin/xdm instead of lxdm in /etc/rc.d/rc.4 script (not tested myself).
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Re: Restart X

Post#4 by brokenman » 06 Dec 2014, 11:04

I have used a custom xdm file and removed lxdm and it 'auto logs in' without a problem when X is killed.
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Re: Restart X

Post#5 by cttan » 09 May 2015, 18:02

Maybe you can try this:-
telinit 3 && telinit 4

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