Timeline for stop/start gui on debian
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:37 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Sep 26, 2013 at 4:27 | vote | accept | mulllhausen | ||
| Sep 26, 2013 at 4:24 | history | edited | mulllhausen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 25, 2013 at 16:57 | history | edited | terdon♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 25, 2013 at 16:38 | comment | added | terdon♦ |
You can restart by running startx or xinit or sudo service gdm3 restart. You can also use a text based browser like lynx or links2
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| Sep 25, 2013 at 14:56 | history | edited | mulllhausen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 25, 2013 at 14:30 | history | edited | mulllhausen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 25, 2013 at 14:26 | answer | added | goldilocks | timeline score: 9 | |
| Sep 25, 2013 at 14:23 | comment | added | user | You can restart the X server, or use a text-mode browser such as links, lynx or w3m. | |
| Sep 25, 2013 at 14:16 | comment | added | mulllhausen | if i do that then i'm guessing i will not be able to run a web browser to seek help if i get stuck? at least not without restarting? | |
| Sep 25, 2013 at 14:13 | comment | added | jofel |
To (temporary) switch off the X server, run service gdm3 stop as root. A normal user can start X with "startx".
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| Sep 25, 2013 at 14:05 | comment | added | jofel | As Michael K. pointed out, you cannot run X programs without an X server. Instead, I suggest you to work with an terminal emulator in Gnome (or in any other window manager you prefer) and avoid the dumb terminals. | |
| Sep 25, 2013 at 14:02 | comment | added | mulllhausen |
yeah i do use x11 forwarding over ssh. i'm fine with the method of running x locally. i'd rather not install new wm unless its absolutely necessary for this. my thinking was that i would be able to alter some config settings but not have to install anything new as i already have the gnome desktop gui running.
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| Sep 25, 2013 at 13:58 | answer | added | PersianGulf | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 25, 2013 at 13:55 | history | edited | mulllhausen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 25, 2013 at 13:49 | comment | added | user |
When you SSH into another machine and launch an X client process on that machine, you probably have SSH X11 forwarding turned on so it uses the X server on your local machine to display what is running on the remote machine. You can easily keep X11 from starting on boot (I think you'd just remove 'gdm' from boot startup) and do startx after logging in, but you still need X running to be able to do anything useful with programs relying on an X display being available. This may or may not be what you want so please clarify. Maybe simply switching to a lightweight WM will do what you want?
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| Sep 25, 2013 at 13:45 | history | asked | mulllhausen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |