Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:29:44 -0800 (PST) From: "Freddie Cash" <fcash@ocis.net> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: now from way-out in left field Message-ID: <60055.24.71.118.34.1163442584.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <539c60b90611130850j342a937dmdde6d826258ca8fb@mail.gmail.com> References: <539c60b90611130850j342a937dmdde6d826258ca8fb@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, November 13, 2006 8:50 am, Steve Franks wrote: > So I know you can open up 4 or more virtual desktops in X. And I > know you can open up any number of terminals. But I sort of like the > nice clean look and feel of a plain old vtty for many tasks. > Unfortuately, X, it would seem, steals all the F-keys, and the screen > it would seem. Is there any slight of hand I can do to switch between > X on vtty1 and my other enabled vtty's? I've also had KDE lock up > solid (as I result I'm evaluating gnome), and that would be a good > method to fix things, instead of the power switch, I would think. > Obviously, I've marked myself as a noob, and not to step on toes, but > ctrl-alt-del on winNT's generally does get one the task manager, > unless you are bluescreened. If I'm on a tty I feel reasonalby sure I > can kill anything locked. Unfortunately, the modern world needs X > sometimes, lynx only goes so far, but then I'm at X's mercy, follow > me? Ok, I'll shut up now. Have mercy on my opinions ;) To switch terminals at the console, you can use either ALT+Fx or CTRL+ALT+Fx (where x is 1 through the number of terminals configured, usually 8). To switch to a terminal while in X, you can only use CTRL+ALT+Fx. And to switch back to X you can use either ALT+Fx or CTRL+ALT+Fx, where x is one higher than the number of configured terminals, usually 9). ---- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net
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