Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 11:48:48 -0400 From: Marko Ruban <marko@tellurian.com> To: David Harnick-Shapiro <davidhs@intelenet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lost X when I ran virtual terminal Message-ID: <39EF17E0.FACC2790@tellurian.com> References: <200010190409.VAA19249@irv1-mail2.intelenet.net>
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Check /etc/ttys file to see which terminal your xterm runs on. Mine runs on ttyv3 (ctrl+alt+F4). Or maybe your "experimentation" included something that disabled xdm ? David Harnick-Shapiro wrote: > OK, I'm an idiot. I hit ctl-alt-F2, my X session got hidden, and > ttyv1 popped up -- all good. I finished my little experimentation... > and I can't get back to X. When I hit alt-F1, I just see the text > that gets spewed by the X server before it takes over, things like > > (--) SVGA: RIVA 128: Using hardware cursor > > BTW, I log in in text mode, and start X with xstart. > > I *promise* I looked before asking here (lynx to the handbook, the > pcvt and screen man pages), but I couldn't find an answer: is there > a way to make the X server come back? > > David H-S > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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