Re: Switching virtual terminals

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 10:27 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 05Jun2008 20:18, Jim Dever <jdever triad rr com> wrote:
> > From X I can hit Alt-Ctrl-F1 or Alt-Ctrl-F2 to get to a virtual
> terminal 
> > but once there I can't get back to X (Alt-Ctrl-F7).  I can't even
> change 
> > to another virtual terminal (Alt-Ctrl-F1 through F6).
> >
> > I'm using a plain vanilla F9 install but have had this problem since
> I  
> > started using Fedora at F7.
> 
> I think it's Just Ctrl-, not Alt-Ctrl-, from text console land.
> Or just Alt-. But anyway, only one of the modifiers, not both. 
Then that is a change. Traditionally it has been ctrl-alt-Fx , with
ctrl-alt-F7 taking you back to the X session.
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