Thanks Randy!
Scott -----Original Message----- From: Randy Kramer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 2:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] What does CTRL-ALT-F2 get you? Burrows, Scott wrote: > My system starts up in GNOME. I pressed <CTRL><ALT><F1> and it took > me to a command prompt out of GNOME. This is OK and expected but.......... > > How do I get back to GNOME from there? Press <CTRL><ALT><F7> (or occasionally, I've had to press F8). Pressing <ctrl><alt>F2 took you to a virtual console (one of six -- F1 thru F6) but left your X applications (GNOME) running in ...F7. > How is this different then simply clicking the "Open Terminal" icon in > GNOME? Don't use GNOME, but I believe it is the same as what happens in KDE -- in one case (Open Terminal) you open an X-based terminal within KDE (Konsole), in the other case you open a non X-based "virtual terminal". Randy Kramer
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