How do you restart X11/gdm in Fedora

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What is the equivalent of /etc/init.d/gdm resart in Fedora? What is the proper way to restart X11 and the desktop manager.

Evan Carroll

Posted 2011-05-23T21:37:48.600

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You can enable CTRL + ALT + BACKSPACE to restart X11 like (if that isn't already turned on):

  1. Open the Keyboard Preferences dialog either by choosing System > Preferences > Keyboard from the Fedora Main Menu or by running the following command from a terminal:

    gnome-keyboard-properties

  2. In the Keyboard Preferences dialog, choose the Layouts tab (labeled 1 in the screenshot below) and press the Layout Options button (labeled 2 in the screenshot below) to bring up the Keyboard Layout Options dialog.

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  3. In the Keyboard Layout Options dialog, unfold the tree item “Key sequence to kill the X server” (labeled 3 in the screenshot below), and mark the checkbox “Control + Alt + Backspace” (labeled 4 in the screenshot below)

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wullxz

Posted 2011-05-23T21:37:48.600

Reputation: 2 400

No thanks; The blog post is down so this doesn't help at all. – Martin Bories – 2013-09-29T09:40:21.207

1I added the information from that blogpost. – wullxz – 2013-10-01T21:58:28.060

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