How to kill X

andretti · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 25 Feb 2007 Posts: 94

Can someone help me... I started X with startx. Is there a way to kill X because some program crashed in it...

PaulBredbury · Watchman Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 7310

See howto.

For "magic SysRq" key combinations:

BlackEdder · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:20 am Post subject:

ctrl+alt+backspace should do it, or ctrl+alt+f1, login and killall X

x22 · Apprentice Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 208

To kill X:
control+alt+backspace (from the X server)

To switch to text console (there are usually 6 text consoles, the 7th is used for X server):
control+alt+Fx (where x is 1,2,3,4,5 or 6)