Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 15:45:23 -0700 From: David Harnick-Shapiro <davidhs@intelenet.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: SUMMARY: lost X when I ran virtual terminal Message-ID: <200010192245.PAA23904@irv1-mail2.intelenet.net>
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The short of it: to get back to the graphics display, check /etc/ttys for the xdm line; you get to the virtual terminal on ttyv"N" by pressing <Alt><F"N+1"> (the old "start at 0 vs. start at 1" thingy). In my case: ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure means I pressed <Alt><F9>, and all is wonderful again. David Harnick-Shapiro Thank you all for making me less stupid :-} I've included the (rather heavily edited) original replies below: ------- Forwarded Messages Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 00:20:53 -0400 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> I don't know about you, but my /etc/ttys defines the last virtual terminal (ttyv8) to be where the X server displays results. So even if you launch X from ttyv1, it's probably displaying the graphics on ttyv8. - -- Matthew Emmerton GSI Computer Services +1 (800) 217 5409 (Canada) ------- Message 2 Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 21:24:25 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Alt+f8 (or 9 or 10) depends on your config. - -- - -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." ------- Message 3 Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 21:38:25 -0700 From: Joseph Stein <joes@teleport.com> press the print screen key until the x window pops up. don't hold it down, press it and wait a second, then press it again, etc. joe ------- Message 4 Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 09:37:07 -0400 From: "Potts, Ross" <rpotts@harris.com> Just try all the screens with CTL-ALT F<1-12> ------- Message 5 Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 11:48:48 -0400 From: Marko Ruban <marko@tellurian.com> Check /etc/ttys file to see which terminal your xterm runs on. Mine runs on ttyv3 (ctrl+alt+F4). Or maybe your "experimentation" included something that disabled xdm ? [Thankfully, no, I didn't do anything that severe /dbh-s] ------- End of Forwarded Messages To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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