Subject: Can I start X while other stuff going on? Date: Tue, Nov 10, 1998 at 07:44:16PM -0600
In reply to:Kent West Quoting Kent West([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > This will probably be one of those questions that EVERYBODY knows the > answer to, so "why are you asking such dumb questions, Kent?" However, > being entrenched in the Windows world where you didn't do such things, I > wanted to ask before I hosed something. > > Can I switch to another virtual terminal and start X Windows while I've > got something else going on in the first vterm, such as a download or a > dselect session, etc? > > And if I can, once I'm in X, how do I then get back to where I can see how > the download is progressing? Do I just Ctrl-Alt-F[key] back to the > original vterm, or can I bring up the process in an Xterm or something > similar? >From a console running 'anything' you can go to another console, via Alt-F[1-6]. In that console start X (isn't a REAL OS Great!). The X screen will be on F7 ( if you haven't modified anything in /etc/inittab yet). Now you are in X, go to the other consoles now with Ctrl-Alt [F1-6] and back to X with Alt-F7. > > Again, sorry if this sounds like I'm a complete idiot (I usually try to > hide the evidence). Sorry to disagree, an idiot would not have had the sense to ask. Keep asking and enjoy the GNU generation! HTH > > > -- > Kent West > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails. > Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC! > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- "Has anyone had problems with the computer accounts?" "Yes, I don't have one." "Okay, you can send mail to one of the tutors ..." -- E. D'Azevedo, Computer Science 372 _______________________________________________________ Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>