On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 09:52:03AM +0000, Brian wrote: > In an xterm (with or without using DontVTSwitch): > > brian@localhost:~$ chvt 4 > Couldn't gat a file descriptor referring to the console > > Doubt no longer. :)
Try via sudo. (risk reduced to: X session left open, terminal left open, non-expired sudo ticket in that terminal) I'm still sure there will be many other ways to do it, although they may require privileges to do so. Having said all the above, I'd advocate using a display manager for the vast majority of people. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140321102454.ga16...@bryant.redmars.org