Re: Can I start X while other stuff going on?
Hi!
}-> Hello Kent West <westk@heir.acu.edu>,
}->
}-> > Can I switch to another virtual terminal and start X Windows while I've
[..]
}-> > dselect session, etc?
}-> Yes.
}-> > And if I can, once I'm in X, how do I then get back to where I can see how
[..]
}-> > original vterm,
}-> Yes and yes.
}-> One nice thing you might like to do is set the environment variable
[...]
}-> > or can I bring up the process in an Xterm or something similar?
}-> No. Except, hmm, I don't know how you would do that. You might be
}-> able to take the /dev/ttyXX from the vt and put it in an xterm.
}-> But in general, no. The program runs where it's started. If it's an
}-> X program, it looks at the DISPLAY variable and shows up there.
he wants to start a programm in a vt and move to the background - start x -
and then raise it from the back into the front (of an xterm)
- this procedure can be done with "screen" i think, with it it´s possible if
i remember the description of a friend correctly ??
- i´ve just tried it for five minutes ;-)
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