From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 1 14:01:40 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30214E75 for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2015 14:01:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-1.mit.edu (dmz-mailsec-scanner-1.mit.edu [18.9.25.12]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D744392D for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2015 14:01:39 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 1209190c-f79e46d000000eb2-ac-54ce308f22dc Received: from mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu ( [18.7.62.39]) (using TLS with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-1.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 29.4E.03762.F803EC45; Sun, 1 Feb 2015 08:56:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (outgoing-auth-1.mit.edu [18.9.28.11]) by mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id t11DuUQV023119; Sun, 1 Feb 2015 08:56:31 -0500 Received: from multics.mit.edu (system-low-sipb.mit.edu [18.187.2.37]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as kaduk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.12.4) with ESMTP id t11DuSFp028257 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 1 Feb 2015 08:56:30 -0500 Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id t11DuSsS025100; Sun, 1 Feb 2015 08:56:28 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 08:56:28 -0500 (EST) From: Benjamin Kaduk To: Nick Casey Subject: Re: Handbook Section: 4.2.1 | Suggested Revision(s) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (GSO 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFvrOIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixG6nrttvcC7EYGaHmsWpM12sFusPXmJx YPKY8Wk+i8fOWXfZA5iiuGxSUnMyy1KL9O0SuDK2nvrIVLCIteLc1qOMDYzLWboYOTkkBEwk fs79wg5hi0lcuLeerYuRi0NIYDGTxJ45h5ggnA2MEue2zQXrEBI4yCQxYxMThF0v8fncLWYQ m0VAS2Linj6wSWwCKhIz32xkA7FFBFQl/rSuYwWxmQWkJV5sfgQU5+AQFrCR2H6xDCTMKRAo 8XlNMyOIzSvgKHFl0lOoVQESPyesAbNFBXQkVu+fwgJRIyhxcuYTFoiRWhLLp29jmcAoOAtJ ahaS1AJGplWMsim5Vbq5iZk5xanJusXJiXl5qUW6hnq5mSV6qSmlmxhBYcopybOD8c1BpUOM AhyMSjy8Cy6fDRFiTSwrrsw9xCjJwaQkyrtwP1CILyk/pTIjsTgjvqg0J7X4EKMEB7OSCG+e OlCONyWxsiq1KB8mJc3BoiTOu+kHX4iQQHpiSWp2ampBahFMVoaDQ0mC97n+uRAhwaLU9NSK tMycEoQ0EwcnyHAeoOF/QWp4iwsSc4sz0yHypxh1ORa075/JJMSSl5+XKiXOOx2kSACkKKM0 D24OLL28YhQHekuYtxqkigeYmuAmvQJawgS0ZNmkMyBLShIRUlINjCt7J67M2ya1+NBDA5+w 7W//zGA6/1hgPb/GDJ/cvA/Vn04debpQq0+56sC570673S/p/P7x/qn6CesF+Wbbtj8+dDhD okdhwsprt1IOywk0yT+JLf+8rYDx0IHZvloaX5yuTZO+2qQfNocpi7egaMq639PeBbEeOmCx pqvcNzz0w5/+wvhJE5cosRRnJBpqMRcVJwIAL5D9kwoDAAA= Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2015 14:01:40 -0000 On Sat, 31 Jan 2015, Nick Casey wrote: > Section 4.2.1, "Virtual Consoles", recommends using Alt+F# for accessing > the virtual consoles outlined by /etc/ttys. I found, using 10.1-RELEASE > with a generic AMD64 kernel and NVIDIA's GeForce 500 Series (non-notebook) > driver, that said advice is insufficient. Me and several others have found > that using Ctrl+Alt+F# is effective in this regard. My recollection is that the Ctrl+Alt combination is only needed while switching from X; for switching between different text-mode virtual consoles, just Alt+F# suffices. Which is not to say that the documentation should not be changed, of course. -Ben Kaduk