Hello Michael,
On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 09:11:29PM -0800, Michael wrote:
I did change my /var/apt/sources.list file, or /etc, I forget whether
it was in /etc or /var, ...
It is in /etc. All the configuration files you ever want to edit
should be in /etc.
.., and being the fan of wiping and reinstalling as often as I do, ...
You might want to get used to Debians update mechanism instead of
reinstalling often. One of the good things about Debian is, that
updating really works well.
Now to get into the actual post, sorry for rambling on, do you need
to have an X server running in order to use "virtual terminal" as I
asked about the keys for in a recent post, or should I be able to do
it without?
I think you mean "virtual consoles", do you? No X server is needed,
this feature is built into the Linux kernel. The presence of an X
server might make a difference though: the keys to switch between the
different consoles might be slightly different. Try Control-Alt-F2
(all pressed together) or Control-Apple-F2 or Alt-F2 or Apple-F2. If
you get an empty text-mode console showing the login prompt it worked.
Switching back to the X-server, if any, works then with
Control-Apple-F7 or Control-Apple-F7.
All the best,
Jochen