On Sun, 23 Sep 2001 23:50, wayne wrote: > QUESTION: Is there such a command in Linux when nothing seems to be > active? Ctrl-Alt-Backspace will violently axe your X server (ie shut down graphics mode temporarily). Ctrl-Alt-Del when not in graphics mode will generally reboot the machine nicely. Look in /etc/inittab to see exactly what your Ctrl-Alt-Del does.