Hi. The GDM script in the /etc/init.d directory only stops the Gnome Desktop manager. Not X11. Sean----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcel Oats" <moats@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 4:35 PM Subject: Re: speakup and ubuntu > You should be able to stop X with the command gdm-stop. > It's a script I think. > Handy things scripts? > At 12:09 PM 4/12/2006, you wrote: >>You may as well just put runlevel 3 as your default in /etc/inittab. Then >>just run startx (I think) to run the GUI, and use control+alt+f1 to switch >>to the first console. X runs on tty7, so just use altf7 to run the gui >>console. DOn't know how you'd stop it. Run `init 3` I imagine. >> >>HTH, >> >>Chris Norman >><!-- cnorman at rnibncw.ac.uk --> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Danny Crone" <dannyboy at pobox.com> >>To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >><speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >>Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 5:23 AM >>Subject: Re: speakup and ubuntu >> >> >> > Does ubuntu have a file I can edit, so the gui only runs when I need >> > it? >> > If so, would startx run the gui? >> > How would the gui be stopped? >> > >> > On Dec 1, 2006, at 8:30 PM, Lorenzo Taylor wrote: >> > >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >> >> While you're still in graphical mode, press the kill speakup key >> >> next to >> >> the scroll lock to the right of f12. All other consoles will work >> >> correctly at that point. >> >> >> >> Lorenzo >> >> - -- >> >> I've always found anomalies to be very relaxing. It's a curse. >> >> - --Jadzia Dax: Star Trek Deep Space Nine (The Assignment) >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) >> >> >> >> iD8DBQFFcNcxG9IpekrhBfIRApFXAKCcvdYYHR05v9yKHPCMR90QgNLFmQCdGCRy >> >> m+Wbzs5pZ/LoQg4Kcthi/S4= >> >> =EyFK >> >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Speakup mailing list >> >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Speakup mailing list >> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Speakup mailing list >>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
