When you press c+a+f1, you are not killing the X-server. You are merely switching to one of the text only consoles. To switch back to X, press c+f7.
Dan wrote: > > All right.... this is the thing though... If you do c+a+f1, then it exits, > but then if you try running `startx' it complains about the Xserver already > running... so do you think I should be typing xdm instead? I'll have to > try... I really want to reinstall GNOME... I miss it and windows is getting > fugly. :( >