Re: Oh, yeah: Unable to switch to TTY from X

2007-04-27 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-04-20 15:29:10, schrieb Amy Templeton: > Since installing Debian (a while back), I'm unable to get > back to a TTY after I invoke startx. Do you have a customited xmodmap? Under Woody it was: 8<- keycode 67 = F1

Re: Oh, yeah: Unable to switch to TTY from X

2007-04-21 Thread cga2000
On Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 12:54:33PM EDT, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 12:56:33AM -0400, cga2000 wrote: > > > > I have no idea why chvt worked for me and alway seems to work under > > these circumstances .. and I do wish somebody knowledgeable explained > > the X - vt switc

Re: Oh, yeah: Unable to switch to TTY from X

2007-04-21 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 12:56:33AM -0400, cga2000 wrote: > > I have no idea why chvt worked for me and alway seems to work under > these circumstances .. and I do wish somebody knowledgeable explained > the X - vt switch once and for all. > > After 5-6 years screwing around with computers .. I st

Re: Oh, yeah: Unable to switch to TTY from X

2007-04-20 Thread cga2000
On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 10:20:36PM EDT, Amy Templeton wrote: > Amy Templeton wrote: > > > This line, however, doesn't exist anywhere in my > > > /etc/X11 directory, so as far as I can tell that isn't > > > the problem. > cga2000 wrote: > > So what's your point, exactly? > > I just wanted to skip t

Re: Oh, yeah: Unable to switch to TTY from X

2007-04-20 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 05:36:21PM -0400, Amy Templeton wrote: > Bob McGowan wrote: > > > > I presume you mean that using the 'Alt-Ctl-F#' keys > > > > fails to switch to a tty console > Amy Templeton wrote: > > > Yes, that's correct. Also note that before I start X (or > > > after I exit it altoge

Re: Oh, yeah: Unable to switch to TTY from X

2007-04-20 Thread Amy Templeton
Amy Templeton wrote: > > This line, however, doesn't exist anywhere in my > > /etc/X11 directory, so as far as I can tell that isn't > > the problem. cga2000 wrote: > So what's your point, exactly? I just wanted to skip the part where people suggested things I'd already tried. > What's your video

Re: Oh, yeah: Unable to switch to TTY from X

2007-04-20 Thread cga2000
On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 03:29:10PM EDT, Amy Templeton wrote: > I probably should've put this in the last email I sent out, > but it is kind of off-topic for that and it just occurred to > me. > > Since installing Debian (a while back), I'm unable to get > back to a TTY after I invoke startx. > >

Re: Oh, yeah: Unable to switch to TTY from X

2007-04-20 Thread Amy Templeton
Bob McGowan wrote: > > > I presume you mean that using the 'Alt-Ctl-F#' keys > > > fails to switch to a tty console Amy Templeton wrote: > > Yes, that's correct. Also note that before I start X (or > > after I exit it altogether), I *can* switch from VT to > > VT with Alt-F#. So per a previous sug

Re: Oh, yeah: Unable to switch to TTY from X

2007-04-20 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 04:37:42PM -0400, Amy Templeton wrote: > Bob McGowan wrote: > > > > I presume you mean that using the 'Alt-Ctl-F#' keys > > > > fails to switch to a tty console > Door Templeton wrote: > > > Yes, that's correct. Also note that before I start X (or > > > after I exit it altog

Re: Oh, yeah: Unable to switch to TTY from X

2007-04-20 Thread Amy Templeton
Bob McGowan wrote: > > > I presume you mean that using the 'Alt-Ctl-F#' keys > > > fails to switch to a tty console Door Templeton wrote: > > Yes, that's correct. Also note that before I start X (or > > after I exit it altogether), I *can* switch from VT to > > VT with Alt-F#. Roberto C. Sánchez wr

Re: Oh, yeah: Unable to switch to TTY from X

2007-04-20 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 04:03:29PM -0400, Amy Templeton wrote: > Bob McGowan wrote: > > I presume you mean that using the 'Alt-Ctl-F#' keys fails > > to switch to a tty console > > Yes, that's correct. Also note that before I start X (or > after I exit it altogether), I *can* switch from VT to VT

Re: Oh, yeah: Unable to switch to TTY from X

2007-04-20 Thread Amy Templeton
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > there were some threads related to this a couple months > ago, so you might review the archives. if that doesn't > help, post up your xorg.conf Thanks; I'll do that. Amy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

Re: Oh, yeah: Unable to switch to TTY from X

2007-04-20 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 03:29:10PM -0400, Amy Templeton wrote: > > Since installing Debian (a while back), I'm unable to get > back to a TTY after I invoke startx. > > I thought that maybe the problem was that my window manager > of choice is stumpwm from CVS (which is great! The only > proble

Re: Oh, yeah: Unable to switch to TTY from X

2007-04-20 Thread Amy Templeton
Bob McGowan wrote: > I presume you mean that using the 'Alt-Ctl-F#' keys fails > to switch to a tty console Yes, that's correct. Also note that before I start X (or after I exit it altogether), I *can* switch from VT to VT with Alt-F#. > since you don't explicitly state what you're trying, I'd >

Re: Oh, yeah: Unable to switch to TTY from X

2007-04-20 Thread Bob McGowan
Amy Templeton wrote: I probably should've put this in the last email I sent out, but it is kind of off-topic for that and it just occurred to me. Since installing Debian (a while back), I'm unable to get back to a TTY after I invoke startx. --- I presume you mean that using the 'Alt-Ctl-F#'

Oh, yeah: Unable to switch to TTY from X

2007-04-20 Thread Amy Templeton
I probably should've put this in the last email I sent out, but it is kind of off-topic for that and it just occurred to me. Since installing Debian (a while back), I'm unable to get back to a TTY after I invoke startx. I occasionally post on the Debian User Forums under the name LadyDoor (not ou