How to restart Gnome without rebooting computer

Ubuntu Linux Tip of the Day - How to restart Gnome without rebooting computer
Posted on 23 May, 2007 by Matt.
Categories: Linux, Ubuntu Linux.

http://blog.clickonline.org.au/category/ubuntu-linux/

Do you need to restart Gnome but dont want to restart your whole Ubuntu machine?

First save and close all opened applications.

Press ‘Ctrl + Alt + Backspace’

or

Start a terminal window and type:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart