On Fri 21 Mar 2014 at 10:24:54 +0000, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > 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)
Didn't think of that. You're correct, of course. Thanks for the explanation. > I'm still sure there will be many other ways to do it, although they may > require privileges to do so. I'm convinced. -- 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/21032014103947.7b37bc831...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
