[PLUG] How do I get rid of this command line environment?

Dick Steffens dick at dicksteffens.com
Thu Dec 21 23:16:40 UTC 2017


On 12/21/2017 03:09 PM, Joe Shisei Niski wrote:
> Perhaps you stumbled into a virtual terminal...

Perhaps. But how do I get rid of it?

BTW, this "window" doesn't have normal window controls. It sits just 
under the menu line in MATE, extends across the boundary from the left 
hand monitor to partway into the right hand monitor (about the same 
width as the right hand monitor).

> On Dec 21, 2017 3:04 PM, "Dick Steffens" <dick at dicksteffens.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm typing along and mistype something. A window opens with a command
>> prompt. I'm not sure what opened it (UbuntuMATE 16.04), but it might have
>> been <ctrl><alt>F1. <ctrl>D doesn't close it. exit doesn't close it. I
>> assume it's owned by some process, but I don't know what to call it to
>> search for it in the output of ps ax.
>>
>> A clue stick will be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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>>
>> Dick Steffens
>>
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Regards,

Dick Steffens




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