Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 11:27:14 +0200 (MET DST) From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) To: jdunham@fc.net (Jerry Dunham) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: XF86 & fvwm Problem, Help? (fwd) Message-ID: <199609200927.LAA18559@allegro.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <199609181223.HAA11484@freeside.fc.net> from "Jerry Dunham" at Sep 18, 96 07:23:52 am
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Jerry Dunham writes: > > David Nugent babbled: >> >> On Tue, 17 Sep 1996, Jerry Dunham wrote: >> >>>> to the others using the <ctrl><Alt><f[1-3]>. By way of note... you >>>> can switch back to the x console using <alt><f4>. > > I tried this here this morning, and it doesn't work. The <ctl><alt> > <F1> part worked to get me back to a text console, but then I was never > able to return to the X session. I tried it a couple of times to make > sure I was doing as instructed, but without success. Apparently SOME- > thing must be configured differently to make this work. I just tried it here, and it works fine. Understand that the <F1> part specifies the VT you want to switch to. Also, there's a good chance that you have more than 4 vts generated--I'd guess 11. Check your /etc/ttys to be sure. I'd expect to see: # ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure # Virtual terminals ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv8 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv9 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure ttyv10 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure To switch to ttyv<x>, where x is a number between 0 and 10, enter ctrl-alt-F<x+1>. In this example, you'd get to the X server with ctrl-alt-F10. >>> What's unique about console 3? Why should I start xdm there? >> >> The X server selects the first "free" vt to run on. > > Makes sense. In fact, I think you can just omit the line. It's patently obvious that you don't have a getty in it, so ttys doesn't need to know about it unless you replace it with ttyv9 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm" cons25 on secure I don't suppose the cons25 is needed, but if you remove it you'll probably confuse init. Greg
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