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Old 06-09-2009
X-Window help
I unloaded the KDM/KDE package and was starting it per instructions by first running a "xstart".
My screen is blank and I don't know how to recover.

Thanks. Tom
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Old 06-09-2009
What OS and version are you on?
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Old 06-09-2009
ctrl-alt-f1 may bring you back to a text prompt if your system isn't totally frozen.
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Old 06-09-2009
CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE also works to kill some X servers (maybe even most by now).
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Old 06-09-2009
Thanks. Ctrl-Alt-F1 worked. FYI, Ctrl-Alt-BSpace wouldn't work on this intallation.
 
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