Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 21:24:25 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: David Harnick-Shapiro <davidhs@intelenet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lost X when I ran virtual terminal Message-ID: <20001018212425.C28123@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <200010190409.VAA19249@irv1-mail2.intelenet.net>; from davidhs@intelenet.net on Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 09:10:02PM -0700 References: <200010190409.VAA19249@irv1-mail2.intelenet.net>
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* David Harnick-Shapiro <davidhs@intelenet.net> [001018 21:09] wrote: > > OK, I'm an idiot. I hit ctl-alt-F2, my X session got hidden, and > ttyv1 popped up -- all good. I finished my little experimentation... > and I can't get back to X. When I hit alt-F1, I just see the text > that gets spewed by the X server before it takes over, things like > > (--) SVGA: RIVA 128: Using hardware cursor > > BTW, I log in in text mode, and start X with xstart. > > I *promise* I looked before asking here (lynx to the handbook, the > pcvt and screen man pages), but I couldn't find an answer: is there > a way to make the X server come back? Alt+f8 (or 9 or 10) depends on your config. > > David H-S > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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