ah... Thanks both Warren and Lars >>> What's the trick to allow <alt>fn to still be used to switch vtys when >>> running X? >>> At first I thought it was the wm grabbing it, but I've disabled that and >>> now it goes to whatever app has the focus. Seems like something in the >>> kernel has to grab it before it gets passed on to X. >> >> I see it's <ctl><alt>fn when in X. >> >> However, once out of X on another vty, switching to the vty where X was >> started does not get me back to X. How do I get back to the X display >> which is running? > > Oh, you have to swith to the vtty where X is running, which certainly is NOT > where you started X. > > Look in /etc/ttys for a line like this: > > ttyvb "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure > > The above is not standard on installation, so probably the > 'ttyv?' is different. The ? is the ttyv number (in hex) where > your X should be running - BUT the hex number start at 0 (zero) > while your F keys start with 1. For example, the above says X should run in > ttyv b = 11 decimal, but that is associated with F12 (so that F1 can be > mapped to ttyv0).
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