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Old 12-08-2009, 11:54 PM   #1
vijay@ylg
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how to black desktop and i want work in firefox alone.


Dear Friends,

i am working linux environment in past two years.

so, this is the first to post the questions in linuxquestions.org.

since, kindly help me the above question.

thanks in advance

thanking you
vijay.
 
Old 12-09-2009, 12:05 AM   #2
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how to black desktop
I didn't understand this sentence. Kindly elaborate !
 
Old 12-09-2009, 02:25 AM   #3
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Run `init 3` to go into non-GUI mode and `init 5` to go into GUI mode. If you want to work on firefox from the console it self you'll need the GUI mode, if you want to run firefox remotely you'll need to make use of software like `xterm` to access GUI of remote linux machine.
 
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