I'm running RH 6.2 with XFree86 4.0.1. What would be necessary to link the
normal (VC 7) X session with an actual console that will output program
error messages?
Jamin W. Collins
-----Original Message-----
From: John Aldrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 10:23 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Starting X in a second console (SOLVED)
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > Actually, you're off one, I think.... CTRL+ALT+F1 gets you back to
> > the initial console which matches up to CTRL+ALT+F7. Thus CTRL+ALT+F2
> > goes to CTRL+ALT+F8, etc.
> > John
> >
> >
> It depends on how the system is configured, and what run level you boot
> to. On a stock system, in run level 5, VC 7 will be used by ?dm, and will
> not have a text console that you can switch to and see any error messages,
> or server messages.
>
You're correct, of course. However, using the defaults, I was also
right. :-)
John
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