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Danatela
Asked: 2015-04-16 02:07:11 +0800 CST

How to stop particular instance of X server?

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I know this sounds ridiculous at first glance, but I started X session from root with

# X :1 vt08 &

So I guess sudo stop lightdm would be overkill. How can I stop that instance of X server without stopping main X session?

xorg

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  1. Best Answer

    You should be able to find the PID of the running X instances and kill the one you don't want. For example:

    $ pgrep -a X
3885 /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -background none -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm3/auth-for-Debian-gdm-M5IpFT/database -nolisten tcp vt7
$ kill 3885

    Your output will have more than one PID since you are running multiple instances, so make sure you pick the right one.

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