Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 14:36:03 -0600 (CST) From: "Jay D. Nelson" <jdn@qiv.com> To: "Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@ix.netcom.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: screen vs X11 Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970209143523.675A-100000@acp.qiv.com> In-Reply-To: <32FE237D.24A0@ix.netcom.com>
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Ctl-Alt-Fn when in X gets you to a console. -- Jay On Sun, 9 Feb 1997, Thomas D. Dean wrote: ->I believe that in 1.1.5, using X11R6, I could access the virtual ->screens with alt-F1...F6, corresponding to ttvy0 thru ttyv5. ->ttyv6 was "off: and ttyv7 was an xterm. From within X11, I could ->press alt-Fx and access that virtual screen. Pressing alt-F7 ->returned me to X11. -> ->Now, with 2.1.5, I cannot access the virtual consoles from within ->X11. I believe the setup is the same as before. If I do not start ->xdm, I can access the virtual consoles. But, pressing alt-F1 thru F3 ->produces nothing. Pressing alt-F4 thru alt-F6 produces a beep and. ->prints a 4~ thru 7~ on the screen. I note that 6~ is skipped, as ->ttyv6 is "off", so, alt-F6 produces 7~ and alt-F7 produces 8~. -> ->Is this possible in 2.1.5 or, more likely, What am I missing? ->
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