Brian Epstein on 16 Oct 2003 15:53:02 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] X server bpp 8


> look for either xdm or kdm
> kill pid 		kills the process
> 			Might have to use -KILL to make it work
> 
> startx -- -bpp 8

Unfortunately, this won't work if he's in init 5.

+++ snippet +++
# Run xdm in runlevel 5
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
+++ snippet +++

This will just get respawned by init.

ep

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