Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:29:09 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Gary Aitken <ah@dreamchaser.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: <alt>fn going to X Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206101127280.77095@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4FD4D317.3020503@dreamchaser.org> References: <4FD4CF8F.3030701@dreamchaser.org> <4FD4D317.3020503@dreamchaser.org>
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On Sun, 10 Jun 2012, Gary Aitken wrote: > On 06/10/12 10:47, Gary Aitken wrote: >> What's the trick to allow <alt>fn to still be used to switch vtys when running X? >> At first I thought it was the wm grabbing it, but I've disabled that and now it goes to whatever app has the focus. Seems like something in the kernel has to grab it before it gets passed on to X. > > I see it's <ctl><alt>fn when in X. > > However, once out of X on another vty, switching to the vty where X was started does not get me back to X. How do I get back to the X display which is running? Switch to the one that X is running on. It's defined in /etc/ttys, normally ttyv8, so alt-f9 for X.
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