From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 10 23:08:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA04440 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 10 Feb 1997 23:08:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA04429 for ; Mon, 10 Feb 1997 23:08:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA01001; Mon, 10 Feb 1997 23:08:22 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 23:08:22 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Prisoner cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Loss of vty access when switching into X In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 10 Feb 1997, Prisoner wrote: > I have noted a problem with 3 different machines (a 486/80, a 586/100, > and a 586/133) and 3 versions of FreeBSD (2.1.0, 3.0-snap, and 2.1.6). > Sometimes when switching from a virtual console into X, attempts to > switch back to a virtual console (ctrl-alt-Fn) will result in just a beep > from the console. This seems most prevalent if an attempt is quickly > made to switch back (ie, I didn't mean to switch into X, said "d'oh!" and > hit ctrl-alt-F1). The jump key is acutally ALT-Fn, but you need the Cntl key because the alt-Fkeys are mapped under X. I have the problem on my terminal that the control key gets stuck down over a X->console switch; just whacking control again clears it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major