Restart Debian/Ubuntu Linux Gnome session without rebooting

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Feb 012007
 

If you want to quickly restart X Windows on Ubuntu or any version of linux, all you have to do is hit this key combination quickly or use the command line option
Ctrl+Alt+Backspace

or

You can use the following command from your terminal

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

Note: Make sure that you save your work before doing this

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 Posted by Admin at 11:22 am  Tagged with: , , , ,

  One Response to “Restart Debian/Ubuntu Linux Gnome session without rebooting”

  1. Carlos says:
    June 24, 2009 at 3:10 pm

    Thanx, but on Ubuntu 9.04 it does restarts the PC, not only the session.

    Any other option on how to restart the session, or just restart the desktop.

    Thanx.

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