Terminal Mode to Desktop

wayner · 05-27-2008, 10:19 AM

What is the command to get to your desktop from terminal mode?

In the terminal I am at: wayner@localhost ~]$

What command gets me to my desktop?

Also, if you can point me to where I can get basic commands in Fedora 9 I would appreciate it. New to fedora coming over from Vista.

Thanks

ncsuapex · 05-27-2008, 10:19 AM

try

startx

kirtimaan_bkn · 05-27-2008, 11:12 PM

Run kdm. This should launch K Desktop Manager.

charlie0313 · 05-27-2008, 11:48 PM

Also in case you need to go back to terminal: ctl+alt+backspace

kirtimaan_bkn · 05-27-2008, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by charlie0313

Also in case you need to go back to terminal: ctl+alt+backspace

I think CTRL+ ALT + backspace is used for restarting the KDM. You can not go back to terminal using this key seq.

For going back to terminal, we can use CTRL+ALT+ F1, CTRL+ALT+ F2, CTRL+ALT+ F3 etc. and to go back to GUI, CTRL+ALT+F7 or CTRL+ALT+F8.