On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 18:06:19 -0500, David Hough wrote:

> Hi I have Redhat 9.0 up and running. How do I get from the gnome desktop
> to a command prompt with bash? I feel like a complete idiot! I see lots
> of docs on bash, but none tell how to get there. I need to enter a two
> line script.

You can run termanal from the menu. It's under System Tools.

Or you can hit ctrl-alt-F1 through ctrl-alt-F6 for a new (non-graphical)
virtual terminal.

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Ivan Marsh wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 18:06:19 -0500, David Hough wrote:
>
>
>>Hi I have Redhat 9.0 up and running. How do I get from the gnome desktop
>>to a command prompt with bash? I feel like a complete idiot! I see lots
>>of docs on bash, but none tell how to get there. I need to enter a two
>>line script.
>
>
> You can run termanal from the menu. It's under System Tools.
>
> Or you can hit ctrl-alt-F1 through ctrl-alt-F6 for a new (non-graphical)
> virtual terminal.
>
alt-F7 brings you back to the GUI again.

greets Boris

David Hough wrote:
> Hi I have Redhat 9.0 up and running. How do I get from the gnome
> desktop to a command prompt with bash? I feel like a complete idiot!
> I see lots of docs on bash, but none tell how to get there. I need to
> enter a two line script.
>
Right click on the background then left clic on New Terminal.
This assumes you have gnome running ok.