Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 05:37:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: start X in background without it taking over the console? Message-ID: <776831.64113.qm@web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4DCA6DD5.7030005@cyberleo.net> References: <4DCA1CD3.5010005@telting.org> <BANLkTikzZYbS6dnUbLhrAyK=VxhOH977SA@mail.gmail.com> <4DCA66A8.8090608@telting.org> <4DCA6DD5.7030005@cyberleo.net>
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________________________________ From: CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net> To: Chris Telting <christopher-ml@telting.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wed, May 11, 2011 7:07:01 AM Subject: Re: start X in background without it taking over the console? On 05/11/2011 05:36 AM, Chris Telting wrote: > I already do... I'm want to automate it. Every other virtual screen > terminal can start without grabbing the console, I don't want X to > either. I do development and I suffer crashes. I want to do work while > it boots up for a couple minutes and I'm tired of manually switching > back to text mode. It's gets annoying the 200th time. You could script it right after X starts, as such: vidcontrol -s 1 # Equivalent to Alt-F1 I don't think X is currently designed to start without initializing the graphics hardware, though, so the initial vt change is probably unavoidable. Perhaps once KMS trickles down? -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net <CyberLeo@CyberLeo.Net> Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I'm watching this thread with interest. First, I don't run X that much and what I seem to know about it is that once you start X is grabs your video hardware and that's that. I have never been able to get a text console back once I do startx. But I'm a simpleton and only run the normal standard windows manager which installs with X. I've tried all the others and while they are great I just don't see the need for all the overhead since my FreeBSD servers are just that...servers. Once in X I can open as many Xterm windows as I want and I have access to the text console. Still I would be interested to know if there is a resolution to his poster's question.help
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