On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:31:34 -0600 "G. T. Francisco, III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I usually boot to a non GUI prompt. I login as root, type kdm and I get > the KDM screen. However on 8.1, I noticed that while on the KDM screen, > the "Shutdown" option only gives 2 options: Shutdown and Reboot. On 8.0, > there was a 3rd option: "Command Line" > Ooooo...ooooo....I know! This is my new favorite trick. you can even do this while you're logged in. type Ctrl-Alt-Fx where x is a number 1-6. this will bring you to one of the 6 text only cosoles. hit Ctrl-Alt-F9 to get back to X. For mor like that cool little tidbit, check out this free online book (that i'm plowing through right now). The Linux Cookbook dsl.org/cookbook
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