To be perfectly honest you need to start becoming familiar with using the command line. It's simply not possible to deal with the problems that can come up in a Linux system without knowing how to use it, at least somewhat. :)
I know it can be confusing and a bit scary, but to be honest it's where the true power of the system comes from, and there will be many situations where the command line is the only option - and this isn't a limitation of Linux. Unlike almost every other operating system, the command line in Unix is extremely useful and powerful. There's a reason it's still used heavily, and to be honest other than OpenOffice, Firefox, and Evolution it's all I really use in my "GUI" environment.
In your circumstance, to get out of safe mode the most obvious command for you would have been "reboot" to reboot the computer or "halt" to turn it off. You could also type "exit", but that's less obvious.
The sooner you learn how to use the command line the better. I suggest picking up a easy to use book on it. Unfortunately I learned how to use a Unix shell environment fifteen years ago, so I don't have any good recommendations for a book. Does anyone else know a good book or web tutorial for her?
Jeffrey.
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Julie [email protected] wrote:
Because of this, I made the mistake of trying to boot into SAFE MODE. I'd didn't know it was yet another place where nothing but command line is allowed. In order to get out of it I had to MANUALLY shut off the computer by pressing the Power Button.