Killing surfaceflinger?

Ravi

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Dec 27, 2015, 12:11:12 PM12/27/15

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Is it possible to kill SurfaceFlinger and Zygote from Android and gain access to the console natively? When I try setprop ctl.stop media & setprop ctl.stop zygote or killall surfaceflinger, I get back to the Android booting screen instead.

The only way I can currently do this is through the debug menu of the install ISO before Android has finished booting.

Thanks

jean-michel voicechat_fan

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Dec 27, 2015, 12:54:05 PM12/27/15

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i am interested by the answer to this question because i am running linux under android on my tablett i even start the serverX but i need to stop the android screen handler to test it

i have thought to make a crontab killing surfaceflinger ...

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Chih-Wei Huang

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Dec 29, 2015, 1:38:07 AM12/29/15

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2015-12-28 1:11 GMT+08:00 Ravi <ravi.ch...@gmail.com>:
> Is it possible to kill SurfaceFlinger and Zygote from Android and gain
> access to the console natively? When I try setprop ctl.stop media & setprop
> ctl.stop zygote or killall surfaceflinger, I get back to the Android booting
> screen instead.

Just say 'stop'.

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Ravi

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Dec 30, 2015, 12:02:57 PM12/30/15

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Perfect. I didn't know it was so simple.

Thanks!

jean-michel voicechat_fan

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Jan 1, 2016, 12:36:09 PM1/1/16

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i dont understand what do you mean by "just say 'stop' "

when i do that bootanimation is restarted , zygote and surfaceflinger

it is possible to stop them without they restart

my purpose is to run a xserver , i am on a real arm android

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Povilas Staniulis

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Jan 1, 2016, 12:36:52 PM1/1/16

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Type "stop" in terminal.

jean-michel voicechat_fan

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Jan 1, 2016, 12:41:08 PM1/1/16

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which kind of terminal it is ? it is not a terminal emulator i think

Povilas Staniulis

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Jan 1, 2016, 12:44:07 PM1/1/16

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Use terminal emulator.
Unless your device has another terminal.

jean-michel voicechat_fan

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Jan 1, 2016, 12:50:43 PM1/1/16

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the terminal emulator runs a shell and "stop" is not a command found

Povilas Staniulis

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Jan 1, 2016, 1:00:36 PM1/1/16

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Try
adb shell stop
(from another system)

What device is it by the way ?

jean-michel voicechat_fan

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Jan 1, 2016, 1:14:54 PM1/1/16

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it is a telephone alcatel OT pop C7

rooted one i use a linux in parallel of android

adb shell will issue command too i dont know any command called stop

jean-michel voicechat_fan

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Jan 1, 2016, 1:17:34 PM1/1/16

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is it a command existing on android x86 ? i dont believe

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Mauro Rossi

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Jan 1, 2016, 3:05:34 PM1/1/16

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Hi Jean Michel,

Il giorno venerdì 1 gennaio 2016 19:14:54 UTC+1, jean.michel.78 ha scritto:

it is a telephone alcatel OT pop C7
rooted one i use a linux in parallel of android
adb shell will issue command too i dont know any command called stop

I can confirm that with an x86 based device running android-x86 the command adb shell stop,

does exist and it works.

You cannot expect that to work the same way on an ARM based telephone not running android-x86,

but you can follow the instructions available here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1605095

http://thomaspolasek.blogspot.ca/2012/04/arch-linux-lxde-w-xorg-mouse-keyboard_16.html

M.

jean-michel voicechat_fan

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Jan 1, 2016, 3:44:20 PM1/1/16

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thank you both stop belongs to init system of ubuntu shared by android http://www.computerhope.com/unix/ustop.htm

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jean-michel voicechat_fan

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Jan 1, 2016, 5:15:06 PM1/1/16

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stop exists in /system/bin but it was deleted from path in my

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jean-michel voicechat_fan

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Jan 2, 2016, 12:40:40 PM1/2/16

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hello thanks to you i have succeed to see the xserver running on arm tablette the xserver is not hidden by surfaceflinger anymore ( it is not running ) i can launch xapplications

but the handling of the tactil screen is not made by the xserver so it is unusable

to see the ps of linux processes running under android you can see the snapshot of my "ps -ef f " done on an xterm exported on my PC display

http://jeanmichel.gens.free.fr/ps.jpg

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