How do I get out of the command prompt? [Solved]

[M4dn3ss]

When I login to the command line, how do I get out without rebooting? The "exit" or "logout" command just takes me back to the command line login prompt, but I want to return to the GUI without having to press the reset button

[Fitzcarraldo]

If you mean you are using a VT (virtual terminal) such as TTY1 to TTY6, rather than typing in a Konsole/Terminal window, then the way to return to X Windows running on TTY7 is to press Ctrl-Alt-F7.

[M4dn3ss]

No I mean, at the login screen when I click the button on the side and choose login to console (or whatever it was called)
(Sorry, new to Linux and just installed it this afternoon)

[Fitzcarraldo]

When you write "button on the side" are you referring to the login screen? Which edition of SL did you install? KDE? GNOME? Xfce? MATE?

If you're looking at a command line prompt with a dollar ($) sign, you are logged in under your own user account. If you are looking at a command line prompt with a hash (#) sign, you are logged in as the root user (analogous to Administrator in Windows). If you see a dollar prompt, you can enter the following command and enter your (not the root user's) password when prompted:

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$ sudo /etc/init.d/xdm restart

If you see a hash prompt, you can enter the following command:

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# /etc/init.d/xdm restart

That will restart the display manager which will show you the login screen. Select the desktop environment from the menu and then login as usual.

Another thing you can do from the command line is reboot:

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$ sudo reboot

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# reboot

or shutdown:

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$ sudo shutdown now

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# shutdown now

[M4dn3ss]

Yeah I meant the login screen (Sabayon KDE)

But that worked perfectly, thanks!