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  1. 02-18-2008 #1
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    I just install Xubuntu on an old windows box i had sitting around (specs 127 Mb Ram 30Gb hard disk) and i have the following nooblet questions. How do you set up remote desktop with vnc? Why is it i get logged out when trying to start the terminal? Is there away to get back to the desktop after login into shell? Are there any shell commands to see the stats of the system?

    I have alot of problems right now with it but im glad i have such a helpful and friendly forum to answer my questions. Thanks in advance guys, you are the best!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by lunix420dogpoop View Post
    Why is it i get logged out when trying to start the terminal?
    What procedure are you following to get into the terminal? There are several ways to use a terminal, both inside of and outside of the GUI.

    Is there away to get back to the desktop after login into shell? Are there any shell commands to see the stats of the system?
    That depends on how you entered the shell. If you killed X Windows you can restart it with startx. If you switched to the terminal using a virtual console (ALT+F1, ALT+F2, etc) then sometimes ALT+F7 will bring you back to the GUI.
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    Quote Originally Posted by techieMoe View Post
    What procedure are you following to get into the terminal? There are several ways to use a terminal, both inside of and outside of the GUI.

    I'm using through the GUI (don't know many other ways of using), hitting applications -> accessories -> terminal. Then it kicks me out to the login screen!

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    Quote Originally Posted by lunix420dogpoop View Post
    I'm using through the GUI (don't know many other ways of using), hitting applications -> accessories -> terminal. Then it kicks me out to the login screen!

    Thanks for the response techieMoe
    Well, that is certainly a strange error. Perhaps there is something wrong with your desktop install?
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    Quote Originally Posted by techieMoe View Post
    Well, that is certainly a strange error. Perhaps there is something wrong with your desktop install?
    I looked into some more and i think it is some bug in the Xubuntu alternative cd because there were a few other people who had computer specs like mine who had the problem. I'm going to try see if it is installed correctly that seems to be the problem for the others... i'll tell you how it goes.

    If not is there any real difference between using the virtual terminal and the GUI terminal?
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    If I remember rightly, this is a problem with the colour depth you
    have set. Try changing it from 24 bit to 16 bit.

    It's an odd bug I admit.
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    Thanks
    The 24 to 16 worked has it should.
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