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So I am running a theme on gnome and it froze, so I used killall gdm to kill it. After this it took me to a full-screen terminal which I can not get out of. It tells me to login, which I do, and then it says:

Last login Sun Jun 3 11:19:32 PDT 2012 on tty4
Welcome to ubuntu 12.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64)

 * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/

22 packages can be updated.
0 updates are security updates.

casey@casey-computer:~$

I want to just get back to my desktop and start using my computer again. What should I do? What code should I type?

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The following command should help:

sudo service gdm restart

If you don't have root (sudo) permissions you might have to login as root instead and run the command without the sudo.

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  • And how do I do that, as I said i'm very new to ubuntu
    – casey
    Jun 3, 2012 at 18:43
  • You just type it after you log in and get the command line the (after this appears: casey@casey-computer:~$)
    – Purplerob
    Jun 3, 2012 at 18:56
  • what do i type? root or sudo?
    – casey
    Jun 3, 2012 at 18:57
  • the exact command in the grey box after you log in
    – Purplerob
    Jun 3, 2012 at 19:00
  • alright I think i figured it out, i just typed "sudo reboot" thanks man
    – casey
    Jun 3, 2012 at 19:02

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