On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote:
> John Foster wrote: > > I recently had to do a new installation of squeeze on a production > server. > > Excellent! > > > Its been a LONG time since I did that and I see a few things are > different > > since my last time. I can not access the consoles by hitting ctrl,alt, > > delete. > > You mean Control-Alt-F1 instead. Or Control-Alt-F2 and similar for > other function keys. > > After dropping to the console then you don't need to use control > anymore. Originally on the console it was only Alt-F1, Alt-F2, and > Alt-Left and Alt-Right to shift between virtual consoles. Recently > because so many people have finger memory from X that the Control > modifier was also added as additional key shortcuts. > > You installed X Windows on your server? Is that wise? If it is a > server does it need to run X11 at all? I wouldn't think so and don't > run it on any of my servers. > > Bob > --------------------------------------- Well I use it as an application server for a lot of video content so I need the X-windows for editing and viewing. I also do both on this system and it is an intranet server as well. Any idea what I need to edit to get my system back to what I like. I will probably figure it out sooner or later, but sooner will be better. Thanks.
