The Logout option on the main menu would only log me out as a user. The purpose of using Ctrl/Alt/F1 is to get to a session where I can log in as root so I can shut the machine right down, which I do every night.
Many thanks. Rob
David P James wrote:
On Tue 27 April 2004 19:44, Rob Clack wrote:
A friend installed debian linux 3.0 for me and assured me that
Control/Alt/F1 would flick me back to a console monitor so I could
log on as root and shut the machine down. Only it doesn't happen.
Well, the console at Ctrl+Alt+F1 is actually in use when your graphical desktop gets running (which is accessed at Ctrl+Alt+F7). Try Ctrl+Alt+F2 to get to another console from which you can shut down.
Let me clue you in to how dim I am: There's a footprint icon on the
panel; I don't know what that means, in terms of what software I'm
running, but I'm pretty sure it should tell me something.
You're running GNOME - http://www.gnome.org/
You should be able to log out from the aforementioned Foot menu (probably under Actions or somesuch - I can't recall since I use KDE)
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