Re: [gentoo-user] modular X : Ctl-Alt-F7 fails

2006-09-24 Thread Philip Webb
060924 Walter Dnes wrote: > On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 05:24:44PM -0400, Philip Webb wrote >> I've never quite understood why it's Ctl-Alt-F7 which returns, >> Another test reveals that Ctl-Alt-F3 returns to the X session, >> so perhaps the command to return uses the next free F key. -- lots of inter

Re: [gentoo-user] modular X : Ctl-Alt-F7 fails

2006-09-24 Thread Walter Dnes
On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 05:24:44PM -0400, Philip Webb wrote > I've never quite understood why it's Ctl-Alt-F7 which returns, > when the TTY's involved seem to be 1 & 2 . In fact, > I've suppressed higher-numbered TTY 3-6 in /etc/inittab . > Another test reveals that Ctl-Alt-F3 returns to the X s

Re: [gentoo-user] modular X : Ctl-Alt-F7 fails (solved)

2006-09-21 Thread Philip Webb
060922 Benno Schulenberg wrote: > Philip Webb wrote: >> I've never quite understood why it's Ctl-Alt-F7 which returns, >> when the TTY's involved seem to be 1 & 2 . > Because on most machines inittab tells init to start agetty > on the first six VTs, and X then takes the first free VT. >> Another t

Re: [gentoo-user] modular X : Ctl-Alt-F7 fails

2006-09-21 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Philip Webb wrote: > I've never quite understood why it's Ctl-Alt-F7 which returns, > when the TTY's involved seem to be 1 & 2 . Because on most machines inittab tells init to start agetty on the first six VTs, and X then takes the first free VT. > In fact, > I've suppressed higher-numbered TTY

Re: [gentoo-user] modular X : Ctl-Alt-F7 fails

2006-09-21 Thread Philip Webb
060921 Andrew Frink wrote: > On 9/20/06, Philip Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've just updated to modular X & everything seems to be working, >> except that after Ctl-Alt-F2 I can't get back to X with Ctl-Alt-F7 . >> I can get back to the original raw terminal with Ctl-Alt-F1 , >> which s

Re: [gentoo-user] modular X : Ctl-Alt-F7 fails

2006-09-21 Thread Mick
On Thursday 21 September 2006 14:16, Andrew Frink wrote: > On 9/20/06, Philip Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've just updated to modular X & everything seems to be working, > > except that after Ctl-Alt-F2 I can't get back to X with Ctl-Alt-F7 . > > I can get back to the original raw termi

Re: [gentoo-user] modular X : Ctl-Alt-F7 fails

2006-09-21 Thread Andrew Frink
On 9/20/06, Philip Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've just updated to modular X & everything seems to be working,except that after  Ctl-Alt-F2  I can't get back to X with  Ctl-Alt-F7 .I can get back to the original raw terminal with  Ctl-Alt-F1 ,which shows  3  identical error messages.  I tried