[SC.LUG] Re: Sorted - Thanks

[Richard Smedley]

On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 14:11, Dr A V Le Blanc wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 01:51:55PM +0100, Richard Pineger wrote:
> > When you access the "boot prompt"(?) 

Hello Richard,

You will normally find this referred to as the ``shell'',
command-line (CLI) or terminal interface. It is here that
you enter shell commands - eg `ls' to list the contents
of the current directory.

The Graphical interface (GUI) that you see (KDE in your case,
though there are dozens of other choices) sits on top of
this, and allows you to run more graphical programs, but is not
an essential part of Unix. There are many programs that run without
a GUI.

At the command line prompt (or open an Xterm or Konsole from
KDE) type cribbage (and ENTER). If you have the BSD-games
package installed you'll now be able to play cribbage in 
glorious ASCII :-)

> using CTRL+ALT+F1 or the other one
> > using CTRL+ALT+F2, how do you go back to KDE? I've ended up just switching
> > off the machine.
> 
> ALT+F3, I think, for Knoppix.

It's Alt-F6 on Morphix's version of Knoppix btw

 - Richard

PS if you want to shutdown from the command line,
without going back to KDE, login as root and type 
``halt''

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