An Xterm is a window. You just close it when you are done or minimize it to get it out of the way. If you actually want to close X/KDE to get to the command line do Ctl+Alt+Bkspce. Brian -----Original Message----- From: Brian Erikson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Ty Mixon wrote: > >> What I usually do is start X/KDE automagically, and if I want to work in >> a console use CTRL+ALT+F<123456> to get to a console. Best of both >> worlds that way. >> >Ty, >What do you do to go back to X/KDE? > >Brian in Fremont