init problem with Intrepid

[Derek Broughton]

Cybe R. Wizard wrote:

> 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.

Killall seems a little abrupt, but should be safe enough, but starting via 
the /etc/init.d/ methods does a whole lot more than "sudo gdm".
-- 
derek