Switching between the X Window mode and the Command-line mode

Not many would like to work with the command-line in Linux (Ubuntu), but there may be a few geeks who want to try the command-line to really learn the commands. The third type of users want to use both the X-Window mode and the Command-line mode. The present post is specially targeted to such a kind of users.

To go to the command-line mode from the X window system, press the keys Ctrl+Alt+(F1-F6). Any one of the Function keys in between F1 and F6 is alright. Now for suppose, you want to switch to the graphical mode (X Window system) for some purpose, you can do with an easy shortcut Ctrl+Alt+F7.

   Switching from X window mode to command-line mode -- Ctrl+Alt+(F1-F6).
   Switching from command-line mode to X window mode -- Ctrl+Alt+F7.

Shortcut to logout from Ubuntu

              You can logout of Ubuntu 10.04 just by hitting Ctrl + Alt + Backspace. But this has to be enabled to be used for killing the X-server. For this purpose, the following rules have to be followed in sequence:

• Select “System”->”Preferences”->”Keyboard”.
• Select the “Layouts” tab and click on the “Layout Options” button.
• Select “Key sequence to kill the X server” and enable “Control + Alt + Backspace”.

You are done with this new shortcut.