Re: Switching between X and Text mode terminals
On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 01:41:57AM +0000, Dave Swegen wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 16:59 -0800, Mark Wagnon wrote:
> > Alfie Costa wrote:
> > >
> > > Question:
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> >
> > Sure you can. In X, type ctrl-altF1, F2... to get to that console. You
> > won't able to do anything at the console you started X on, so you'll
> > have to login on anohter console. When you're ready to go back to X type
> > alt-F7.
>
> This works, but if I set the VC graphics mode to anything but the default
> the graphics card throws a wobbly and just displays garbage on the screen,
> so that when I shut down I have to close down X and shut down blind. I would
> love to be able to set the VC to a higher res and still be able to switch
> between VCs and X. Ho-hum, one can always dream...
>
Try blind typing "reset" once you're back in your console and see if that
puts things back to normal.
Rob
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