You can type CTRL+ALT+F2 to open another virtual terminal, and run the shell script there. If it still doesn't work, you can also kill the X server by running "killall X", and then starting the script.
__________________
Hardware - Celeron 266 MHz, 128MB RAM, Intel i740 8MB RAM
Software - Slackware Linux 10.1; Archlinux 0.7; Windows 98 SE
Humanware - GS/CS C++ L+++ w b+++ DI+ D+ e
|