Multiple desktops?

[retroshaun]

I seem to have about 4 or 5 desktops installed (selectable from an icon) but this seems to be slowing down my already slow machine. How do I turn these off and revert to a single desktop?

Thanks
Shaun

[Gaccm]

do you mean extra console? as in, pressing alt-f1, f2 will switch them. If so do this:
open /etc/inittab and go to untill you see a line like this:
2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2

i have 6 of thses, just comment out the last few.

If you are talking about graphical desktops, you need to tell yus which window manager you are running.
I use KDE, and for KDE do this:
right click on those little screens with numbers on them that are in the toolbar, and select preferneces.