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Date:      Sun, 9 Feb 1997 14:36:03 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Jay D. Nelson" <jdn@qiv.com>
To:        "Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@ix.netcom.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: screen vs X11
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.95.970209143523.675A-100000@acp.qiv.com>
In-Reply-To: <32FE237D.24A0@ix.netcom.com>

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Ctl-Alt-Fn when in X gets you to a console.

-- Jay

On Sun, 9 Feb 1997, Thomas D. Dean wrote:

->I believe that in 1.1.5, using X11R6, I could access the virtual
->screens with alt-F1...F6, corresponding to ttvy0 thru ttyv5.
->ttyv6 was "off: and ttyv7 was an xterm.  From within X11, I could
->press alt-Fx and access that virtual screen.  Pressing alt-F7
->returned me to X11.
->
->Now, with 2.1.5, I cannot access the virtual consoles from within
->X11.  I believe the setup is the same as before.  If I do not start
->xdm, I can access the virtual consoles.  But, pressing alt-F1 thru F3
->produces nothing.  Pressing alt-F4 thru alt-F6 produces a beep and.
->prints a 4~ thru 7~ on the screen.  I note that 6~ is skipped, as
->ttyv6 is "off", so, alt-F6 produces 7~ and alt-F7 produces 8~.
->
->Is this possible in 2.1.5 or, more likely, What am I missing?
->




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