From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 11 12:37:58 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61C791065673 for ; Wed, 11 May 2011 12:37:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from btillman99@yahoo.com) Received: from nm1-vm4.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm1-vm4.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.91.161]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 08E9F8FC13 for ; Wed, 11 May 2011 12:37:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.138.90.57] by nm1.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 May 2011 12:37:57 -0000 Received: from [98.138.89.232] by tm10.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 May 2011 12:37:57 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1047.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 May 2011 12:37:57 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 169711.20869.bm@omp1047.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 70510 invoked by uid 60001); 11 May 2011 12:37:56 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1305117476; bh=8KyetnnM4cT+fwj4gMo6x+2U3hMHqFYaDOmaLAwxEJw=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=UPEdswcElksyNrtEoqazhqPccMFDxqtR5kTNLj2ENsJPBHpSK/kf+RXx37HQvuasXfFn/6uL6D8pq8xWrpBsaRoIxF0CEEs/BMih//ktzvFfgbgM/emrjpR/+fg6kwmS0oCNd/DLfWT3crxJi7Lk+UwuHKto735Rc9ur4Lnx+VA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=ryOY9gMCQkyH6fghEXBIN8cAyiGMtGVizXSEf49AaskLNeoVwNifhO302NQPOt0R2qSIhHewLx9hMTyZyQiDU7su4v6kudKuYrQceX+sUZ+fom4P8NVSm2L8NZ1oLD/MBz+EccoVXxz5QWAPxmnY02hOeW17bevOZZFVgEmfB6A=; Message-ID: <776831.64113.qm@web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: j42jqLUVM1lqWlBPY82VqkwK1.fC2egk2JYUb7LBas.fZhH N0oWgHdEWC_4LgGKrKuEJtboKiJ7wAtcSF0WxftQiGwLoWvLowAB4w14NpCY .XL.XBve9.4gD5nObsesiiI32BmBmR0MXeRkArsPJIy.fhIrPy1JbN0icqUV ZjPkSBa8Bi7S.rIK8ttIZVI9ydWK1LNnRZ49DbS_mzS5eR3mLBoAntVjjF28 RUqDz8v3DNUuNk_qDtO0g4qCqQt.6IRi79IoVuiTnI_RGSN8KuzztXXw_h7I zJ2FSKn072taO70XB62Zhk3Yr.wDzRP89rWjoJ6UyIYR.Yj2te37ZZalRpys OQGa4ZDusI3ZJ6b038hgKDtmrdg.Hxeyr8djwLvjwnJITsp9p_M4es4BCZCk aEKDjtWLFFkfDO6RARJ21_BFrvKrSJc.ilYgER2dRHVadSo.4SMalbrTTOgZ EICXHwqd_tTbR.DyAE1P3MfPlV9Sf9_Z5lQ3Thuw- Received: from [98.242.233.74] by web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 11 May 2011 05:37:56 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/567 YahooMailWebService/0.8.111.303096 References: <4DCA1CD3.5010005@telting.org> <4DCA66A8.8090608@telting.org> <4DCA6DD5.7030005@cyberleo.net> Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 05:37:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4DCA6DD5.7030005@cyberleo.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: start X in background without it taking over the console? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 12:37:58 -0000 =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: CyberLeo Kitsana =0ATo: Chris Telting =0ACc= : freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=0ASent: Wed, May 11, 2011 7:07:01 AM=0ASubj= ect: Re: start X in background without it taking over the console?=0A=0AOn = 05/11/2011 05:36 AM, Chris Telting wrote:=0A> I already do... I'm want to a= utomate it.=A0 Every other virtual screen=0A> terminal can start without gr= abbing the console, I don't want X to=0A> either.=A0 I do development and I= suffer crashes.=A0 I want to do work while=0A> it boots up for a couple mi= nutes and I'm tired of manually switching=0A> back to text mode.=A0 It's ge= ts annoying the 200th time.=0A=0AYou could script it right after X starts, = as such:=0A=0Avidcontrol -s 1 # Equivalent to Alt-F1=0A=0AI don't think X i= s currently designed to start without initializing the=0Agraphics hardware,= though, so the initial vt change is probably=0Aunavoidable. Perhaps once K= MS trickles down?=0A=0A-- =0AFuzzy love,=0A-CyberLeo=0ATechnical Administra= tor=0ACyberLeo.Net Webhosting=0Ahttp://www.CyberLeo.Net=0A=0A=0AFurry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/=0A___________________= ____________________________=0Afreebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list= =0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0ATo unsubsc= ribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0AI'm= watching this thread with interest. First, I don't run X that much and wha= t =0AI seem to know about it is that once you start X is grabs your video h= ardware =0Aand that's that. I have never been able to get a text console ba= ck once I do =0Astartx. But I'm a simpleton and only run the normal standar= d windows manager =0Awhich installs with X. I've tried all the others and w= hile they are great I just =0Adon't see the need for all the overhead since= my FreeBSD servers are just =0Athat...servers. Once in X I can open as man= y Xterm windows as I want and I have =0Aaccess to the text console. Still I= would be interested to know if there is a =0Aresolution to his poster's qu= estion.