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Subject: Re: SUMMARY: lost X when I ran virtual terminal
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LOL, maybe you'd get better replies, if you supplied more info initially  ;)
(nothing personal, just debugging)


David Harnick-Shapiro wrote:

> The short of it:  to get back to the graphics display, check
> /etc/ttys for the xdm line;  you get to the virtual terminal on
> ttyv"N" by pressing <Alt><F"N+1"> (the old "start at 0 vs. start
> at 1" thingy).  In my case:
>
> ttyv8   "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon"  xterm   off secure
>
> means I pressed <Alt><F9>, and all is wonderful again.
>
> David Harnick-Shapiro
>
> Thank you all for making me less stupid :-}  I've included the
> (rather heavily edited) original replies below:
>
> ------- Forwarded Messages
>
> Date:    Thu, 19 Oct 2000 00:20:53 -0400
> From:    "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
>
> I don't know about you, but my /etc/ttys defines the last virtual terminal
> (ttyv8) to be where the X server displays results.
>
> So even if you launch X from ttyv1, it's probably displaying the graphics on
> ttyv8.
>
> - --
> Matthew Emmerton
> GSI Computer Services
> +1 (800) 217 5409 (Canada)
>
> ------- Message 2
>
> Date:    Wed, 18 Oct 2000 21:24:25 -0700
> From:    Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
>
> Alt+f8 (or 9 or 10) depends on your config.
>
> - --
> - -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
> "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."
>
> ------- Message 3
>
> Date:    Wed, 18 Oct 2000 21:38:25 -0700
> From:    Joseph Stein <joes@teleport.com>
>
> press the print screen key until the x window pops up.
>
> don't hold it down, press it and wait a second, then press it again, etc.
>
> joe
>
> ------- Message 4
>
> Date:    Thu, 19 Oct 2000 09:37:07 -0400
> From:    "Potts, Ross" <rpotts@harris.com>
>
> Just try all the screens with CTL-ALT F<1-12>
>
> ------- Message 5
>
> Date:    Thu, 19 Oct 2000 11:48:48 -0400
> From:    Marko Ruban <marko@tellurian.com>
>
> 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 ?
>
> [Thankfully, no, I didn't do anything that severe  /dbh-s]
>
> ------- End of Forwarded Messages
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