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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!jraynard.demon.co.uk!jraynard.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: More virtual terminals Date: 28 Jul 1995 23:15:21 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD box Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3vbr29$1bm@jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <3vb5oo$idb@ddi2.digital.net> <3vb66k$6lj@canyon.sr.hp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jraynard.demon.co.uk In article <3vb66k$6lj@canyon.sr.hp.com>, Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> wrote: >Kevin (klo@digital.net) wrote: > > Here's a fragment of some things that I submitted for addition to >the FAQ (ignore the strange question numbering). Check out the last >question. There's some good stuff here, just one quibble:- >If the console is currently displaying X Windows, you can use Ctrl-Alt-F1, >etc. to switch to a virtual console. Note, however, that once you've >switched away from X Windows to a virtual terminal, you use only the Alt- >function key to switch to another virtual terminal or back to X Windows. >You do not also press the Ctrl key; the Ctrl-Alt-function key combination is >used only when switching from X Windows to a virtual terminal. Ctrl-Alt-Fn seems to work OK here (2.0R, syscons) for switching between virtual terminals. And of course you have to do it that way with pcvt. James -- Segmentation fault (core dumped): cannot find file '.signature'