From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 11 01:47:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA00727 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 01:47:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tyree.iii.co.uk (tyree.iii.co.uk [195.89.149.230]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA00712 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 01:47:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nik@iii.co.uk) From: nik@iii.co.uk Received: from carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (carrig.strand.iii.co.uk [192.168.7.25]) by tyree.iii.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA04308; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:46:55 +0100 (BST) Received: (from nik@localhost) by carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA11588; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:46:13 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <19980811094612.A11567@iii.co.uk> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:46:12 +0100 To: David Knapp , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie question about switching screens References: <01a8f23e$46d3d4e0$7ed972cf@thor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <01a8f23e$46d3d4e0$7ed972cf@thor>; from David Knapp on Mon, Jan 14, 1980 at 04:19:01AM -0800 Organization: interactive investor Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jan 14, 1980 at 04:19:01AM -0800, David Knapp wrote: > I would like to be able to read the man pages and/or Handbook and be able to > switch between the page I'm reading and the system prompt. Is this > possible, and if so - can you please point me to a man page or faq or tell > me what to do?? Two ways; By default, your system has 3 'virtual' consoles on it, you can switch between them using ALT+F1, F2 and F3. You should see 3 distinct login prompts. You can login to each one and do different things in each session. Alternatively, install 'screen' from the ports system (misc/screen) which will let you manage several virtual screens from within one console. N -- "So it does!" said Pooh. "It goes in!" "So it does!" said Piglet. "And it comes out!" "Doesn't it?" said Eeyore. "It goes in and out like anything." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message