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[ubuntu] messed up LINUX

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hi all! I think I've made a mess on my LINUX computer. It was freezed so I tried to restart it, however then the mouse wasn't working so I tried some strange combination of keys like ctrl alt f4, but not sure about it, and it all went black like if I just had a terminal interface. If I try startx it goes to a kde interface but then I'm not able to shut it down and if I log off or try to rebooth it simply goes back to the all black interface that looks like a terminal. How can I go back to my GNOME interface? Any help? :confused: (Hardware)

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Submitted by dayu on 02/14/2012 – Made popular on 02/14/2012

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So say I accidentally hit CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+BACKSPACE and drop to the commandline from my nice clean engligntenment interface. How do I then get back?

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People new to Linux tend to react to any reference of the Linux shell terminal with fright. But there is nothing scary about our beloved shell terminal, or what we most commonly call the command-line interface (CLI) or simple the command-line. It is a very powerful place to interact with Linux. Every operating system has its own “command-line,” including Windows.

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