From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 11 20:07:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66EE916A4CE for ; Tue, 11 May 2004 20:07:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grog.secure-computing.net (grog.secure-computing.net [63.228.14.241]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEB3B43D3F for ; Tue, 11 May 2004 20:07:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) Received: from Nomad (nat-server.secure-computing.net [63.228.14.245]) i4C37bFY011830; Tue, 11 May 2004 22:07:37 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) From: "Eric Crist" To: "'Mark Jayson Alvarez'" , Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 22:06:52 -0500 Message-ID: <004001c437ce$2e3b37c0$6401a8c0@Nomad> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 In-Reply-To: <20040512030140.61217.qmail@web20501.mail.yahoo.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Importance: Normal Subject: RE: Help: Speeding up Boot Process X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 03:07:41 -0000 -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Mark Jayson Alvarez Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 10:02 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Help: Speeding up Boot Process Sir, [SNIP] And one last thing, I know this might sound ignorant on my part but... could you tell how to run multiple programs in one log-in prompt? I didn't acctualy understand how virtual consoles works so every time I'm playing mp3 on mpg123, I will have to press the F keys to login to another prompt just to be able to run another program. Mark, You can send a program into the background by trailing the command with &&. So, if you want to run amp (an mp3 player), you could simply type: # amp song.mp3 && An easier solution is to login to a second virtual terminal by hitting Alt-F2 (all the way up to F7). Then just switch back by pressing Alt-F1, or whichever terminal you were on before. HTH Eric F Crist __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861 _______________________________________________ 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"