#21 2016-01-19 18:43:03

CooKiECruNChEr43

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Registered: 2015-10-17

Posts: 86

Re: Exiting x?

I will try the solution provided by HoaS. I found a youtube video mentioning this.

But it will have to wait. I have a bit of a hangover from the work I did yesterday.

In the meantime I had to close the TTY that were still open and I had to delete the blacklist file that the NVIDIA-driver had made, in order to get my computer the way it was.

In the Netherlands they say: it keeps you off the street.

Thank you for your answers and your patience.

Last edited by CooKiECruNChEr43 (2016-01-19 20:30:52)

Horizon_Brave

Operating System: Linux-Nettrix

Registered: 2015-10-18

Posts: 1,473

Re: Exiting x?

ah yes, of course. I tried and it didn't work out. I get the same message: x is still running. I have had it for today. So I quit trying.

Thank you for your answers, xaos52.

The command

killall Xorg

   doesn't work? When I do it from an Xsession, it drops me back to the terminal where I started from...

Last edited by Horizon_Brave (2016-01-19 23:30:51)

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CooKiECruNChEr43

Member

Registered: 2015-10-17

Posts: 86

Re: Exiting x?

I gave the following commands:
Switched to VC1 (Ctrl+Alt+F1)
Logged in
sudo systemctl stop lightdm

and then followed XaoS advice:
1. switch to a vc
2. pkill -KILL startx
3. verify in the output of 'ps -eF' that there is no more '/usr/bin/X' process active.
4. sudo modprobe -r nouveau

That is the sequence of commands that I gave yesterday. In hindsight, that was probably not what XaoS wanted me to do.
Like I said, I drop it for now.

Snap

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Registered: 2015-10-02

Posts: 465

Re: Exiting x?

Check if live-tools left this file: zz-live-config_xinit.sh into /etc/profile.d/

It respawns the Xserver and can drive you mad trying to kill it (it actually drove me crazy when I wanted to install proprietary drivers for my new GPU) If it's present delete it or move it any place else. Then you should be able to kill the X and install your drivers properly.

Last edited by Snap (2016-01-20 05:18:40)

xaos52

The Good Doctor

From: Planet of the @pes

Registered: 2015-09-30

Posts: 695

Re: Exiting x?

I drop it for now.

Van uitstel komt afstel.
Don't give up. We'll kill that sucker for sure.

I had another look at your ps output, and I presume you boot into a virtual console, and you start X from that vc by entering or launching via a script:
sh /usr/bin/startx
If that is so, just switching to that vc and closing that vc (was tty2 at the moment you produced the ps output) should be enough to kill X.

So I propose:
1. Switch to the vc where you launched startx
2. enter 'exit'
3. login again into that vc
4. check that X is running no more (look for X in the ps output)

If it is still there,  post a new output from ps after step 4.