From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 18 21: 9:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from irv1-mail2.intelenet.net (irv1-mail2.intelenet.net [204.182.160.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BC0637B4D7 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 21:09:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gidney.intelenet.net (gidney.intelenet.net [207.38.65.47]) by irv1-mail2.intelenet.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA19249 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 21:09:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200010190409.VAA19249@irv1-mail2.intelenet.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: lost X when I ran virtual terminal Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 21:10:02 -0700 From: David Harnick-Shapiro Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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