> 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? > you can also do it with <alt><left_or_right_arrow_key> till you get your X windows back. > > How is this different then simply clicking the "Open Terminal" icon in > > GNOME? well if you want a good and proper console, than that <ctrl><alt><F2> would be the way to go i guess. but it is much more convenient to open an xterm from within x-windows. if you find the fonts to small play around with the options a bit. i have finally settled on the foll combinaion: xterm -rv -fn 10x20 -geometry 100x37 the -rv option gives white text on a black background -fn 10x20 gives me a comfortable font size -geometry 100x37 gives me an almost full screen terminal. you may need to change the -geometry numbers according to your screen size. the above options work even with rxvt, which is another terminal emulator but uses less ram. Thank You, Regards, mario -- "The software said 'runs on Win95 or better,' so I installed it on Linux"
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