terminal command for desktop

[spiky001]

Hi is there a command that i can use to kill the desktop and return me to prompt, the logout dosn't and Ctrl Alt F--- not taking me to a prompt, I,m using BT4 thks

[sickness]

Click on the backtrack dragon in the menu bar and hit "Log Out ..." see if that works.

[spiky001]

I have tried that takes me to a blank screen, also Ctrl Alt F--- the same thing cant do anything then

[ragonblitz]

ctrl + alt + backspace

[macphail]

CTL+ALT+BKSPACE should kill X. no warnings, no saves.
if you listen closely, you can hear all the 1's and 0's screaming as they run for their life.

[spiky001]

I tried that and yes it dose kill it but end up at blank screen I need command prompt, dont know if it helps but cant use Ctrl Alt F2 etc still get a blank screen

[Snayler]

CTL+ALT+BKSPACE should kill X. no warnings, no saves.
if you listen closely, you can hear all the 1's and 0's screaming as they run for their life.

Lol!

I tried that and yes it dose kill it but end up at blank screen I need command prompt, dont know if it helps but cant use Ctrl Alt F2 etc still get a blank screen

That's odd... Have you checked the md5sum of your ISO? How are you running BackTrack?

[spiky001]

Ok i,m back been googling, I have found that I can type in tty but cant see any words, If I type reboot -h 0 the system reboots ok but the words never show on the screen, is there a way to adjust something to make them visible, I have seen something about adjusting VGA settings in menu1st? Would this be the correct way with a dual boot system, the other system is using grub2 (1.97)

Hi I have made some progress with this prob if I do Ctrl Alt F1 etc I can execute commands But I cant see what i,m typing, this is the problem any ideas on how to fix this. The other system on my machine works fine even getting to prompt

[macphail]

you could try passing a specific resolution to tty on boot, like so:

vga=791

the '791' is just a suggestion for 1024x768x16. There are cheat-sheets for reference:

this isn't a BT-specific solution by a long-shot. generic linux stuff that should work just about anywhere.

I would also suggest that you read this thread:
[ubuntu] Text Mode Screen Resolution - Ubuntu Forums

to give you a bit more background and more options on how to solve this. again, not BT-specific. YMMV.

good luck with that...