Re: Switching between X and Text mode terminals
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Alfie Costa wrote: Is there an easy way, such as a few keystrokes or a command, to switch between text terminals and X, and vice-versa? That is, before running X, I can press 'Alt-F1' to get the first text terminal, 'Alt-F2' to get the second, and so on. Once I'm in X, this doesn't work. It seems as if one has to quit X to return to one of those other text terminals. You need to add the control key to the mix when you're in X. Ctrl-Alt-F1 will switch you to the first virtual console when you're in X. noah PGP public key available at http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html or by 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' This message was composed in a 100% Microsoft free environment. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNrefFodCcpBjGWoFAQFhxwQAojrQyQ4YhwHsbSk9SSiyvsS1xGWsYSsg +ei4Pgte4cJbmmmUG6H5xBY09B34ft9gSfmhPk0FJqSbQbBk3mceyVYzzqsycj7/ cgUl9ll2R9FUO57LuHOFYT5D4brXWlXH/iWP+gXFn+dz6+CQAxM7SO7dfjPqs4hE 75oRZp9aBPE= =S1Sn -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Switching between X and Text mode terminals
Try Ctrl-Alt-F1 F1 through F6 are text terminals. F7 is the X terminal. If your is set up like mine:) Hope that helped, Kent Alfie Costa wrote: Question: Is there an easy way, such as a few keystrokes or a command, to switch between text terminals and X, and vice-versa? That is, before running X, I can press 'Alt-F1' to get the first text terminal, 'Alt-F2' to get the second, and so on. Once I'm in X, this doesn't work. It seems as if one has to quit X to return to one of those other text terminals. If that's not clear, the simplest example of what's desired might be to boot up, and login as root. Press 'Alt-F2', and login as some other user, and from that terminal, type 'startx'. Then to somehow return to the 1st root window without quitting X. It would be useful in some cases, as some programs look better in text mode, others don't run well in X, and some programs don't run at all in X. I wouldn't have thought it was possible, till I ran, (from X), an app that required SVGAlib. X seemed to crash, as there was an error message, and the screen was back in text mode. Running 'ps' showed that X was still alive though. I found I could switch between text terminals OK, and if I did an 'Alt-right_arrow' past the last text terminal, X came back up, seemingly no worse for the wear. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Switching between X and Text mode terminals
Alfie Costa [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | Question: | | Is there an easy way, such as a few keystrokes or a command, to switch | between text terminals and X, and vice-versa? | | That is, before running X, I can press 'Alt-F1' to get the first text | terminal, 'Alt-F2' to get the second, and so on. Once I'm in X, this | doesn't work. It seems as if one has to quit X to return to one of | those other text terminals. | | If that's not clear, the simplest example of what's desired might be to | boot up, and login as root. Press 'Alt-F2', and login as some other | user, and from that terminal, type 'startx'. Then to somehow return to | the 1st root window without quitting X. | | It would be useful in some cases, as some programs look better in text | mode, others don't run well in X, and some programs don't run at all | in X. | | I wouldn't have thought it was possible, till I ran, (from X), an app | that required SVGAlib. X seemed to crash, as there was an error | message, and the screen was back in text mode. Running 'ps' showed | that X was still alive though. I found I could switch between text | terminals OK, and if I did an 'Alt-right_arrow' past the last text | terminal, X came back up, seemingly no worse for the wear. Hmm, I didn't even know the Alt-F# thing worked? Anyway, Ctrl+Alt+F# will switch between consoles. By default X is running in console 7. So 1-6 are text consoles. Gary
Re: Switching between X and Text mode terminals
Alfie Costa wrote: Question: Is there an easy way, such as a few keystrokes or a command, to switch between text terminals and X, and vice-versa? That is, before running X, I can press 'Alt-F1' to get the first text terminal, 'Alt-F2' to get the second, and so on. Once I'm in X, this doesn't work. It seems as if one has to quit X to return to one of those other text terminals. Sure you can. In X, type ctrl-altF1, F2... to get to that console. You won't able to do anything at the console you started X on, so you'll have to login on anohter console. When you're ready to go back to X type alt-F7. HTH -- __ _ Mark Wagnon -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\
Re: Switching between X and Text mode terminals
On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 16:59 -0800, Mark Wagnon wrote: Alfie Costa wrote: Question: Is there an easy way, such as a few keystrokes or a command, to switch between text terminals and X, and vice-versa? That is, before running X, I can press 'Alt-F1' to get the first text terminal, 'Alt-F2' to get the second, and so on. Once I'm in X, this doesn't work. It seems as if one has to quit X to return to one of those other text terminals. Sure you can. In X, type ctrl-altF1, F2... to get to that console. You won't able to do anything at the console you started X on, so you'll have to login on anohter console. When you're ready to go back to X type alt-F7. This works, but if I set the VC graphics mode to anything but the default the graphics card throws a wobbly and just displays garbage on the screen, so that when I shut down I have to close down X and shut down blind. I would love to be able to set the VC to a higher res and still be able to switch between VCs and X. Ho-hum, one can always dream... Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.1.125 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | PGP key available on request [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation --
Re: Switching between X and Text mode terminals
On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 01:41:57AM +, Dave Swegen wrote: On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 16:59 -0800, Mark Wagnon wrote: Alfie Costa wrote: Question: Is there an easy way, such as a few keystrokes or a command, to switch between text terminals and X, and vice-versa? That is, before running X, I can press 'Alt-F1' to get the first text terminal, 'Alt-F2' to get the second, and so on. Once I'm in X, this doesn't work. It seems as if one has to quit X to return to one of those other text terminals. Sure you can. In X, type ctrl-altF1, F2... to get to that console. You won't able to do anything at the console you started X on, so you'll have to login on anohter console. When you're ready to go back to X type alt-F7. This works, but if I set the VC graphics mode to anything but the default the graphics card throws a wobbly and just displays garbage on the screen, so that when I shut down I have to close down X and shut down blind. I would love to be able to set the VC to a higher res and still be able to switch between VCs and X. Ho-hum, one can always dream... Try blind typing reset once you're back in your console and see if that puts things back to normal. Rob -- One good thing about music, Well, it helps you feel no pain. So hit me with music; Hit me with music now. -- Bob Marley, Trenchtown Rock
Re: Switching between X and Text mode terminals
In a message dated 2/2/99 6:54:59 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That is, before running X, I can press 'Alt-F1' to get the first text terminal, 'Alt-F2' to get the second, and so on. Once I'm in X, this doesn't work. It seems as if one has to quit X to return to one of those other text terminals. To switch out of X, you just add a CTRL key before the ALT-Fx sequence. To get back to X, you hit ALT-F7. -Jay
