Re: Switching between X and Text mode terminals

["Noah L. Meyerhans" <frodo@ccs.neu.edu>]

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On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Alfie Costa wrote:

> Is there an easy way, such as a few keystrokes or a command, to switch 
> between text terminals and X, and vice-versa?
> 
> That is, before running X, I can press 'Alt-F1' to get the first text 
> terminal, 'Alt-F2' to get the second, and so on.  Once I'm in X, this 
> doesn't work.  It seems as if one has to quit X to return to one of 
> those other text terminals.

You need to add the control key to the mix when you're in X.  Ctrl-Alt-F1
will switch you to the first virtual console when you're in X.

noah

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