Having launched X, can I shutdown without a mouse?

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I've launched into X using startx, but now can't shutdown my pi, as I have no mouse, and I can't seem to access anything with the keyboard alone. What can I do?

score 23 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 19 '12 at 20:01

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Try pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1.

This will switch you to a different tty. After logging in on this you can run commands as normal

Any F key under 6 will do.

edited Jun 19 '12 at 20:01

Oliver Salzburg

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answered Jun 19 '12 at 19:08

Jivings

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score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 08 '12 at 19:10

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Why not stop it with sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm stop

answered Sep 08 '12 at 19:10

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score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 19 '16 at 16:16

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Pressing Ctrl+Esc brings up the 'start' menu (for want of a better word) and then you can use the arrow keys to select 'logout'.

Which is the same as Windows - if you've not got a Windows key then Ctrl+Esc does the same thing (OK, a bit off topic but thought I'd make sure everyone understood I wasn't just thinking it was Windows and that it also works on the default Pi desktop).

edited Dec 19 '16 at 16:16

techraf

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answered Sep 07 '12 at 09:12

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score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 20 '12 at 08:39

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Try Ctrl+Alt+Backspace.

This will kill the running X server.

edited Jun 20 '12 at 08:39

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answered Jun 19 '12 at 20:26

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Dec 19 '16 at 15:45

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If sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm stop works, then make bash script in /bin:

$ cd /bin
$ sudo nano stopx

In the new file insert the following code:

#!/bin/bash
sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm stop

save and exit nano, i.e. Ctrl+x and then Enter

Make the file executable:

$ chmod +x stopx

Finally one may use stopx as opposite of startx!

edited Dec 19 '16 at 15:45

techraf

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answered Feb 07 '14 at 19:55

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Having launched X, can I shutdown without a mouse?

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