help: graphical login screen --> text login prompt

[Matt Hansen]

On Sun, 2004-07-04 at 14:14, javac at mail.com wrote:

> 2.)  from the gnome desktop ctrl-del-backspace (or ctrl-alt-backspace, whatever forget right 
> now) usually causes some sort of weird sleep mode or something.  
> 2a.)  why doesn't it work as expected and just bring me to an old style prompt, sans x-windows?

Ctrl-Alt-BckSpce is used to restart the X Server not kill it. If you want to get to a text prompt 
either login on a VT (Ctrl-alt-Vt[1-6]) or run 'init 3' as root to switch to run level 3 from your  
X session. 'init 5' to start up X again.

> 2b) is there an alternative to this altered form of the three finger salute?

Not sure what you mean. You think Ctrl-Alt-BSpce is an altered form of
Ctrl-Alt-Del? They perform two different functions. c-a-b restarts X,
c-a-d restarts the computer.

Matt
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