init problem with Intrepid

[Rashkae]

en0f wrote:
> 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!
> 


Why not?

I know that gdm stop is the proper way to do it, no argument there,, but
so long as you refrain from using the -9, killall just sends a nice
gentle Sigterm, which is a perfectly legit way of stopping a process
(since the process itself needs to respond and perform whatever shutdown
sequence it has.)