init problem with Intrepid

[Cybe R. Wizard]

en0f <en0f at bokey.mine.nu>  said:
> Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> 
> [ .. ]
> 
> > <sudo killall gdm>  or Kdm or Xdm, depending upon what you run.
> > After you finish whatever you're doing, <sudo gdm>
> 
> Gee! You don't kill off processes like that!
> 
> You want -
> $ invoke-rc.d gdm stop
> or
> $ /etc/init.d/gdm stop
> 
> as root.
> 
Are there reasons?  I ask because it has always Worked For Me.

Cybe R. Wizard
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