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Re: Some newbie questions



On 26 Jul 2002 16:36:39 -0700
"Shea J. Hawes" <shawes@eou.edu> wrote:

> Thanks for the tips Jamin.  One more question though, if I am at the gdm
> login screen, whats the best way to get a normal console login. 
> Ctrl-Alt-Backspace which I have used to kill X in RedHat just restarts
> gdm.

Depends on the run level you are in.   By default Debian with gdm is in
run level 2.  In this run level by default you have 6 consoles and they
can be accessed by:

  CTRL+ALT+F<console_num>

where F<console_num> is F1-F6 (function keys).  To get back to gdm use:

  CTRL+ALT+F7
-- 
Jamin W. Collins


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