From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 4 18:38:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA22479 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 4 Nov 1996 18:38:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from freenet.hamilton.on.ca (main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca [199.212.94.65]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA22474 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 1996 18:38:20 -0800 (PST) From: hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca Received: from james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca (james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca [199.212.94.66]) by freenet.hamilton.on.ca (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA13766; Mon, 4 Nov 1996 21:37:42 -0500 (EST) Received: (from ac199@localhost) by james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA11103; Mon, 4 Nov 1996 21:39:32 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 21:39:32 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199611050239.VAA11103@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> X-Mailer: slnr v.2.13 as ported to FreeBSD To: Skynet1@cris.com cc: Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X Windows Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In Email, SKYNET1 wrote: > > When I run X windows via the startx command, > it brings me up to X windows but I only have that > interface with 3 terminals..how can I run X windows > on one TTY and have the other ones still available? > (i.e. be working in X windows, press ALT-1 go to > a text shell, press ALT-F12 and go back to X win, > ..) To get from X to a text TTY you have to press CTRL-ALT-F?, not just ALT-F?. > Can I do that? Yes, see above. > If not, how can I run more programs within X windows. > Having only 3 shells is boring compared to my normal > does of all 11. edit ~/.xinitrc and add a couple of lines as follows xterm& xterm& xterm& netscape& echo This is just a shell script so use shell\-type comments work& echo The \& is needed to start stuff in the background so that this& echo shell script can continue executing\.\.\.& > A response would be appreciated...Thank you! I personally don't find this annoying (of course, I usually don't find stupid, unnecessary, obvious, or daft comments annoying), but maybe you could just say TIA (for Thanks in Advance). But, then, TIA is a terrible and awfully boring cliche... I don't particularly like it... -- tIM...HOEk The opinions expressed above are mine, and if my employer shares them, that's his hard luck.