Stop Xserver?

Is there away to stop the Xserver after it's already been started? I use KDE only for intitial stuff to set up after every reboot, but when I'm done, I have no use for it. I would like to be able to turn it off so that more resources are free for my game server and such........

Thanx

killall X (better run it as root)

klingens said:

killall X (better run it as root)

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It worked, but then it brought the login screen right back up. I'm using mandrake BTW. Any ideas?

Are you using runlevel 5? If so, the system will respawn the X server when its killed.

Probably your best bet is to set the default runlevel 3 and then enter the GUI with the startx command when you need it. You'll need to edit /etc/inittab and change the line that reads:

id:5:initdefault:

to

id:3:initdefault:

Then, you should be able to shutdown X via KDE when you are done, and you'll go back to a command line.