RE: getting back into X

[Gregory Leblanc <GLeblanc cu-portland edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry & Ellen Davis [mailto:jfdecd@execpc.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 1:59 PM
> To: gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject: getting back into X
> 
> 
> This is not strictly Gnome I suppose but I am using Gnome so here is I
> hope an easy question for someone.
> 
> I had a runaway process the other night that kept showing OK 
> dialog boxes
> as fast as I could press the OK button. And the dialogs were 
> on top, so I
> couldn't even see the text of a ps ux of the process to kill.
> 
> So I did a Ctrl Alt 1 to get to a console and login that way 
> and kill the
> offending process.
> 
> I couldn't figure out a way to then logout and then get back 
> into my Gnome
> GUI session. I settled for a reboot rather than just turning 
> the machine
> off or somthing equally as stupid.
> 
> Now the question is: is there a way of getting back into my 
> GUI session?
> Or is how I would up doing it the way I should do it?

Ctrl-alt-f7 (usually).  You could also use left-alt, left arrow until it
shows back up...
	Greg