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On laptops you might need to press Ctrl+fn+F1CtrlFnF1 to open terminal, what iI do is type "reboot now"reboot now to restart from terminal, to.

To go back to the GUI from terminal on my laptop (HP G56) iI have to Ctrl+fn+F8 CtrlFnF8 (apparently it could also be Ctril+fn+F7CtrlFnF7) and you should be back to graphical interface. Also

Also check http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/244

Stopping & Starting

shutdown -h now – Shutdown the system now and do not reboot halt – Stop all processes - same as above shutdown -r 5 – Shutdown the system in 5 minutes and reboot shutdown -r now – Shutdown the system now and reboot reboot – Stop all processes and then reboot - same as above startx – Start the X system

  • shutdown -h now – Shutdown the system now and do not reboot
  • halt – Stop all processes - same as above
  • shutdown -r 5 – Shutdown the system in 5 minutes and reboot
  • shutdown -r now – Shutdown the system now and reboot
  • reboot – Stop all processes and then reboot - same as above
  • startx – Start the X system

On laptops you might need to press Ctrl+fn+F1 to open terminal, what i do is type "reboot now" to restart from terminal, to go back to the GUI from terminal on my laptop (HP G56) i have to Ctrl+fn+F8 (apparently it could also be Ctril+fn+F7) and you should be back to graphical interface. Also check http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/244

Stopping & Starting

shutdown -h now – Shutdown the system now and do not reboot halt – Stop all processes - same as above shutdown -r 5 – Shutdown the system in 5 minutes and reboot shutdown -r now – Shutdown the system now and reboot reboot – Stop all processes and then reboot - same as above startx – Start the X system

On laptops you might need to press CtrlFnF1 to open terminal, what I do is type reboot now to restart from terminal.

To go back to the GUI from terminal on my laptop (HP G56) I have to CtrlFnF8 (apparently it could also be CtrlFnF7) and you should be back to graphical interface.

Also check http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/244

Stopping & Starting

  • shutdown -h now – Shutdown the system now and do not reboot
  • halt – Stop all processes - same as above
  • shutdown -r 5 – Shutdown the system in 5 minutes and reboot
  • shutdown -r now – Shutdown the system now and reboot
  • reboot – Stop all processes and then reboot - same as above
  • startx – Start the X system
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On laptops you might need to press Ctrl+fn+F1 to open terminal, what i do is type "reboot now" to restart from terminal, to go back to the GUI from terminal on my laptop (HP G56) i have to Ctrl+fn+F8 (apparently it could also be Ctril+fn+F7) and you should be back to graphical interface. Also check http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/244

Stopping & Starting

shutdown -h now – Shutdown the system now and do not reboot halt – Stop all processes - same as above shutdown -r 5 – Shutdown the system in 5 minutes and reboot shutdown -r now – Shutdown the system now and reboot reboot – Stop all processes and then reboot - same as above startx – Start the X system