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Leo Simon
June 2nd, 2008, 03:12 AM
I've edited /usr/X11/default-terminal-manager, so that instead of going straight to the GNOME login page on bootup, I now get an old-fashioned text terminal login on bootup. This means that I can login into FVWM by using startx and avoid the hateful GNOME login interface. Unfortunately, I have to sometimes access GNOME, which I do by typing sudo gdm from my text terminal. In a decent world, logging out of GNOME would take me back to where I started from, i.e., my text terminal. But it doesn't, it kicks me back to the GNOME login screen. The only way I now can get back to my text terminal is to reboot. So my question is: how can I log out from GNOME and get back to where I started from, i.e., a text terminal?

If possible, please respond to my email address, simon@are.berkeley.edu.
I'm a noob and don't really know how these forums work.

Thanks Leo

angry_johnnie
June 2nd, 2008, 03:51 AM
To get back to text mode from GDM, do this:

press alt + ctrl + F1

You'll then be presented with a virtual terminal, where you can log in with your username and password.

Once you're in, do this:


sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

enter your password, and GDM will be gone.

To get back to FVWM, type startx, as usual.