On Tuesday 01 March 2005 18:07, George Wright wrote: > On Tuesday 01 March 2005 17:58, Charles Read wrote: > > Simple one here... how can I get back to the command line once the > > computer automatically starts GDM? > Ctrl Alt F1-F6 will get you back to the console VTs. Yep, but if you have an Mac keyboard, it'll be Alt+Apple+F1 or fn+Alt+Apple+F1 -- Lee.