If you are looking for disabling the X windows, then look at /etc/inittab file and hash (put # at line beginning) the line:
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefd
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How to remove or kill Xorg or make it behave!
Hi all,
I have a redhat server running some network services (postgreSQL radius, etc) on which a wayward Xorg process intermittently hits 100% and stays there until a server reboot. Sometimes it eventually causes the server to become unresponsive.
I have tried various suggested fixes found among online forums here and there, but nothing seems to have made much difference so far.
Since this is a server and I generally only need shell access, I figure that the Xwindows subsystem isn't needed - but not being overly familiar with redhat at all, I'm hoping someone can give me some hints as to what I need to do to get rid of Xorg completely.
Thanks in advance! :)
Mike.
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I agree with rindi - runlevel 3 is the way to go. If you do have custom init.d scripts, you have presumably already followed the Red Hat guidelines and have a chkconfig comment near the front, e.g.:
07:47:04$ head iptables
#!/bin/sh
#
# iptables Start iptables firewall
#
# chkconfig: 2345 08 92
# description: Starts, stops and saves iptables firewall
#
# config: /etc/sysconfig/iptables
# config: /etc/sysconfig/iptables-co
The iptables script starts early (S08iptables), finishes late (K92iptables) and starts in runlevels 2, 3, 4 & 5.
The chkconfig utility makes all the right symbolic links, as long as you have that comment line (and the script is in /etc/rc.d/init.d)
Hi all,
This is a very straightforward - base fedora core with freeradius and postgresql installed. No other customisation done at all. I normally use debian, but in this case I had to use redhat for support of the type of disk installed.
Therefore there are no other iniot.d scripts than those added by setup and by yum.
I don't know why Xorg should even be running, as I *never* use the console, only remote ssh. I discover that something is wrong when the system becomes unresponsive, and then when I log in with ssh, I discover the Xorg running full blast.
So far I have just commented out that row in inittab, and the Xorg task has not appeared yet. I tried using "yum remove Xorg" but it doesn't work - I assume because the package is not called 'Xorg' - how can I find out what it is called?
Cheers.
The correct way to remove it is using yum's package group features.
#yum grouplist
This will return a list of all package groups. Listed first are Installed group, followed by uninstalled (available) groups. The group you want is "X Window System", so:
#yum groupremove "X Window System"
should remove xorg and all related components.
Do be sure, however, to follow the advice above regarding init scripts. chkconfig --list will show you all services that are started at each runlevel. Removing Xorg will likely change the default runlevel from 5 to 3 automatically, so be sure you make any necessary changes in advance.
Thanks everyone for your input.
I do not understand all this business about runlevel and init scripts. I honestly cannot figure why Xorg is even run at all, as this is a headless server that runs even without a monitor attached.
Can someone explain how removing Xorg would cause any trouble at all? Perhaps with an example of how it can all go belly-up?
Can anyone suggest how come Xorg even get's started up in this environment?
Regards, Mike.
Many Linux setups will install X and also run in runlevel 5 by default. Runlevels are how PC startup. Runlevel 3 is the standard, multiuser, networking mode that doesn't start X, and runlevel 5 is the same but with X. So if you make sure your server starts into runlevel 3 and not 5, it won't be using X, and if it runs OK in that runlevel I'd leave it that way, or you could uninstall X later.
Just follow rindi's instructions earlier at http://www.experts-exchang
You *could* comment out the line "x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/pref
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by: illuzianPosted on 2008-05-04 at 02:51:41ID: 21495185
try moving/renaming gdm/kdm or xorg int /etc/init.d/