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Re: x windows



> When installing my Mandrake Linux 7.0 I chose to have my x client 
start
> automatically.  Then when using sndconfig to configure my Sound 
Blaster card
> it tells me that I shouldn't use this program in x windows.  The only 
thing
> I can find to exit x is to hit cntl+alt+backspace keys but that just
> restarts my x session.

Right.  Go to a console and type "init 3"  and X will go away.  You 
are starting in runlevel 5 (multiuser + X), runlevel 3 is (multiuser - 
no X).  You can change runlevels with the init command,  when your 
done just do a "init 5" and X will come back.  No rebooting!