[Cialug] ubuntu 10.04

[David Champion]

If he can get to a terminal... he's got a command line. I assume the problem
is he's got a very bare gnome running with no terminal app.

He could also run Barry's "sudo init 1" if he has the gnome "run command"
option.

-dc

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com> wrote:

> can you do
>
> sudo init 1
>
> from a terminal?
>
>
> -barry
>
>
>
> On 4/20/2011 2:14 PM, Dan Hockey wrote:
>
>> I've been messing with an OpenEmbedded appliance with ubuntu in vmware
>> player and I did a apt-get install gdm to install a very bare gnome which
>> everything worked, but now I need to get back to the command line with no
>> apparent way of doing so in gnome. I can't ssh into it because I mucked up
>> the networking.
>> Everything Google has found requires the command line to fix.
>> Someone suggested ctl+alt+f1 but all that does is kicks me out of vmware
>> and back into windows.
>> As a last resort I guess I could delete the vm and start over.....if so
>> how can I install gnome and avoid making the same mistake?
>> -dan
>>
>>
>>
>>
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