Startx Question

[hitmen]

I use startx to get into my front desktop.

What command should I use to restart my desktop?

[oz]

I usually use the following command to restart:

shutdown -r now

...or the following to totally shutdown:

shutdown -h now

[hitmen]

Lets put it this way.

What command should I use to get TO the command prompt FROM the desktop (GUI).
startx does the opposite.

[bokica]

Hello,

if you want to do that from command line or script, you can use killall command which stops process depending on it's name:

killall gnome-session

or if your window manager support this:

openbox --exit

[rcgreen]

If I am not mistaken, I think Alt Ctl and a function key,
F1 through F6 will give you a full screen terminal
with the GUI still running, and Alt Ctl Backspace will
kill the GUI, but some systems will just return you to a graphical
login screen instead of a text login.

[riza]

I use startx to get into my front desktop.

What command should I use to restart my desktop?

If it's KDE just right click and log out.

But if you dunno, just ctrl+alt+f1 and then hit ctrl+c.

Then startx again.