Re: startx

["Ben FrantzDale" <frantb rpi edu>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph Slooten <ralph.slooten@quicknet.nl>
To: Gnome <gnome-list@gnome.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 3:29 AM
Subject: Re: startx


> Well, actually it's like this. My PC automatically boots into gnome / X
(so to
> say). But what I wanted to know was if there is a a way to close X and get
back
> into the prompt. Just like in Windows where there is an option in the
logout /
> shutdown screen to reboot into Dos. Does that make it clearer?

I think so. If you are booting streight into an X login then you can't close
X in the same way you can as if it's set up to login at the text prompt. I
think what you want is to do ctrl+alt+F1 (or F2 through F6) to get to a text
prompt. You can then do alt+F7 to get back to X.

--Ben