On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 03:29:10PM EDT, Amy Templeton wrote: > I probably should've put this in the last email I sent out, > but it is kind of off-topic for that and it just occurred to > me. > > Since installing Debian (a while back), I'm unable to get > back to a TTY after I invoke startx. > > I occasionally post on the Debian User Forums under the name > LadyDoor (not out of any desire to be deceptive but because > I am for some reason a teense more weird/OCD about posting > on fora than about posting to (publicly-available on the > Internet) mailing lists, though I was once weird about that > too. I know that that's backwards since you can hide your > email address on the forum, but whatever), and have posted > there about this and also searched google, but have yet to > come up with anything that actually solved the problem. > Mainly, what has been suggested is to comment the line in > xorg.conf (or maybe it was another file in /etc/X11/) that > tells X *not* to let me switch back. This line, however, > doesn't exist anywhere in my /etc/X11 directory, so as far > as I can tell that isn't the problem.
So what's your point, exactly? > I thought that maybe the problem was that my window manager > of choice is stumpwm from CVS (which is great! The only > problem is occasionally having to explain to people that > that's not "how Linux looks" but that there are very pretty > options available if you're into that kind of thing), but I > have tried installing and starting up another window manager > (no luck) and starting a plain xterm without a window > manager (still no luck), so I don't think the WM is to > blame. > > If anybody has any ideas on how to remedy this situation, > I'd appreciate it. Though it's not pressing due to the magic > of xterm + GNU screen, .. at least you got that right .. :-) > I just would feel more comfortable knowing that I have that option > available. > > Thanks, > Amy What's your video card? I once had the same symptoms with some no-name imbedded chip.. Maybe your x.org driver is not up to par .. ?? $ man chvt # chvt 2 .. you need to be root, though .. .. lemme .. us .. know what happens .. Thanks, cga -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]