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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!