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Date:      Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:48:41 +0300
From:      Yuri Pankov <yuri.pankov@gmail.com>
To:        Steven Susbauer <stupendoussteve@hotmail.com>
Cc:        joeb@a1poweruser.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: virtual consoles on freebsd-7.0-release
Message-ID:  <20081104114841.GA1339@darklight.homeunix.org>
In-Reply-To: <BAY122-F39CEA02908E765FEF920FEBA1C0@phx.gbl>
References:  <BAY122-F39CEA02908E765FEF920FEBA1C0@phx.gbl>

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On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 05:45:12AM -0600, Steven Susbauer wrote:
> joeb wrote:
>> 	When I am in xorg/xfce and do Ctrl+Alt+Fx it does in fact open the  
>> selected
>> virtual console.
>> But I can not find any way to return to the xorg/xfce desktop running 
>> in the
>> virtual console I left from.
>>  Alt+Fx does take me to the virtual console where x11/xfce is suppose 
>> to be,
>> but puts me in command line mode.
>> The command ps ax shows xorg/xfce is still running.
>>
>> How do I get back to the xorg/xfce desktop running in the virtual console I
>> left from?
>>
> You should be able to get back into Xorg with Alt F7 or F8. Does this
> not work?
>
>  Steve

X usually runs on ttyv8, so it should be Alt+F9.


HTH,
Yuri



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