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Date:      Wed, 11 May 2011 12:10:14 +0200
From:      "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws>
To:        Chris Telting <christopher-ml@telting.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: start X in background without it taking over the console?
Message-ID:  <BANLkTikzZYbS6dnUbLhrAyK=VxhOH977SA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4DCA1CD3.5010005@telting.org>
References:  <4DCA1CD3.5010005@telting.org>

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On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:21 AM, Chris Telting
<christopher-ml@telting.org> wrote:
> I know this isn't strictly a Freebsd question.
>
> I want to start up X in the background without it taking over the console=
.
> =A0I want to switch over to it manually when I press alt-F9.

Why not start if from another terminal? Say, press alt-F2, login there,
and then startx. Then, alt-F1 remains free.

Or perhaps use x11-servers/xorg-vfbserver.

-cpghost.

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