The graphic shell can be started automaticly after boot, if the option gui was set in boot loader menu. It a started up system, GUI can be called by typing startx.
The fluxbox is used as a Windows Manager. The Application Menu is called by pressing right mouse button on the screen.
Keyboard layouts are switched using Ctrl+Shift. There are two langs available - English and national language, set before the startup (if you have set lang=en, there will be only one language). If not English language is chosen, ScrollLock lites.
To switch to the text mode use Ctrl+Alt+Fn (F1-F8). To get back to GUI press Alt+F9. To “kill” the GUI press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace.
| Key combination | Effect |
|---|---|
| Alt+F1, Alt+F2, Alt+F3, Alt+F4 | Desktops switching |
| Winkey, Ctrl+Esc | Applications menu call |
| Alt+Esc | Desktop menu call |
| Ctrl+num kayboard arrows | Move window |
| Ctrl+Alt+num keyboard arrows | Change windows size |
| Ctrl+Alt+R | Application run utility |
| Ctrl+Alt+O | Start Opera |
| Ctrl+Alt+L | Start Sylpheed |
| Ctrl+Alt+Q | Start GQview |
| Ctrl+Alt+T | Start terminal rxvt |
| Ctrl+Alt+S | Take a screenshot (the picture would be saved in /root/MyFiles) |
| Ctrl+Alt+Esc | Call xkill to kill a program |
In case of errors in default startup mode try removing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and start xautoconf utility by hands: