Ubuntu :: Black Screen And Only Accepts Terminal Commands After Press Crtl+alt+F3?

Nov 10, 2009

So I pressed ctrl+alt+F3 and now my whole system is basically one big terminal - black screen and only accepts terminal commands. How do I go back to the 'normal' Ubuntu desktop screen? Rebooting only takes me back to the terminal command page described above. I can access root commands with sudo bash and my password, if fact all terminal commands seem to work. Is there a command I can use to go back to the regular desktop?

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Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Mark Nudelman

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