Restart the Ubuntu Gnome User Interface Quickly

If you want to quickly restart X Windows on Ubuntu, Debian, or pretty much any version of linux, all you have to do is hit this key combination quickly:

Ctrl+Alt+Backspace

If you are using VMware, you’ll want to change your default VMware shortcut keys, because they will interfere.

Update: Make sure that you save your work before doing this.

The Geek is the founder of How-To Geek and a geek enthusiast. This article was written on 11/27/06 and tagged with: Ubuntu, Ubuntu Tips & Tweaks

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Comments (2)

1. August 12, 2008 12:11 am
   blu

   a command like for this ? so i set up a desktop script ?

2. August 12, 2008 12:16 am
   blu

   here is the command line to do this from terminal

   sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

   i suggest to disable the keys combination… in case you do it by mistake and you were in middle of something..