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On 19 Jul 2004 12:09:44 -0700, Raqueeb Hassan staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
> well, this is bad though, but if you can't get out, try hitting
> ctrl-alt-backspace .... that will kill the x-server and drop you to
> shell.

....iff you started X using "startx". If xdm/gdm/kdm was started from
init, xdm/gdm/kdm will respawn after you kill X. "init 3" or
"/etc/init.d/xdm stop" is a better idea.

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