Re: getting out of fvwm
Armin Wegner wrote:
>
> On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 09:28:11PM +0800, Barry Kauler wrote:
> > I'm *still* installing my first Debian Linux!
> > I got X windows running, with default window
> > manager fvwm, but next time I logged in it
> > didn't stop at the commandline --- went straight
> > into graphics mode and gave me a login window
> > for fvwm.
> > In Red Hat, this is controlled by /etc/inittab, which
> > sets the initial runlevel to 3. 5 is required to launch
> > X.
> > In Debian, inittab has default runlevel set to 2, so
> > why is it launching straight into fvwm?
> > Does anyone know what config file needs to be
> > changed so I can login to commandline only?
> >
> > Also when I exit from fvwm, refuses to exit to
> > the commandline. I'm back at that darn login
> > window again. Even <ctrl-alt-backspace>
> > won't get me out.
>
> Hi Barry,
>
> <ctrl-alt-f2> switches to the command line.
> <alt-f7> switches back to X.
>
> Armin
BTW, (and I think this is really cool), you can Ctrl-Alt-F2 (or F3, etc)
to get back to a console, then start a second copy of X with a command
like "startx -- :1"; this will start X on Display #1. Then just
Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get back to the original X; Ctrl-Alt-F8 to get to the new
X. Click; you're in icewm; click again; you're in WindowMaker. It's
really cool (show this trick to your geek co-workers/friends who only
know MS-Windows; that'll light up their interest in Linux).
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