On Aug 2, 2005, at 10:56 PM, Dave Gutteridge wrote: > Okay. One other question, though. Is there a way I can "reboot" X > without rebooting the whole machine? It would make testing > different settings so much less labourous if I didn't have to wait > for a whole reboot. On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 23:03 -0400, Steve Huff wrote: > hit control-alt-backspace to kill the X server. if you're in > runlevel 5 (the X server starts automatically when your system boots > up), it'll automatically restart, rereading its config files. You can also use "killall -1 gdm-binary" (assuming you're using GDM). -- Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith at ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ DISCLAIMER: Assume all statements above are not factual and made only for any possible entertainment or other non-redeeming value.