On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 16:59 -0800, Mark Wagnon wrote: > Alfie Costa wrote: > > > > Question: > > > > Is there an easy way, such as a few keystrokes or a command, to switch > > between text terminals and X, and vice-versa? > > > > That is, before running X, I can press 'Alt-F1' to get the first text > > terminal, 'Alt-F2' to get the second, and so on. Once I'm in X, this > > doesn't work. It seems as if one has to quit X to return to one of > > those other text terminals. > > > > Sure you can. In X, type ctrl-altF1, F2... to get to that console. You > won't able to do anything at the console you started X on, so you'll > have to login on anohter console. When you're ready to go back to X type > alt-F7.
This works, but if I set the VC graphics mode to anything but the default the graphics card throws a wobbly and just displays garbage on the screen, so that when I shut down I have to close down X and shut down blind. I would love to be able to set the VC to a higher res and still be able to switch between VCs and X. Ho-hum, one can always dream... Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.1.125 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation ----------------------------------------------------------------------