switching virtual consoles
Daniel Stonier
snorri_dj at operamail.com
Wed Jun 2 14:21:18 UTC 2004
On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 10:18:28 -0500, Steven Stern
<subscribed-lists at sterndata.com> wrote:
> Here's the scenario:
>
> Walk up to the Fedora box and login at the default console.
> Type: startx
> Press CTRL-ALT-F2
> login at the text prompt
> Press ALT-F1 to go back to the first console
>
> When I'm back at that first console, I no longer see the GUI. Instead, I
> see
> some messages generated by the X system. ALT-F2 gets me back to the
> second
> console, but I can't seem to find a way to get back into that first X
> session.
>
> This is probably pilot error... How do I switch back into a GUI console
> from
> a secondary (or tertiary) text console?
> --
> Steve
The X server always starts up on CTRL-ALT-F7 and higher. Consoles
CTRL-ALT-F1 to F6 are permanently reserved as as text terminals.
Cheers,
Daniel.
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