[CentOS] Problems with getty and X on runlevel switch [Was: Re: The future of centos]

Wed Apr 8 14:33:14 UTC 2015
Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com>

Am 08.04.2015 um 16:22 schrieb Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole at gmail.com>:
> On 2015-04-08, David Both
> <dboth at millennium-technology.com>
> wrote:
>> The easy way to restart gdm is when you are on the login screen itself
>> or the desktop simply press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. This works for Upstart
>> in CentOS 6.x but will not work for CentOS 7.x which uses Systemd. The
>> service command does not work for gdm. However, logging out of the
>> desktop will restart gdm. It works for the graphical login exactly
>> like the gettys in a TTY environment.
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion.
> 
> Logging out and keying ctrl-alt-backspace both restart X, certainly, but
> I'm not so sure about gdm. I'm not at a CentOS 6 machine right now so I
> can't confirm one way or the other.


gdm is a "sub-process" of X ...

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LF