Re: Newbie Tips: Will, you asked.....
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 10:36:12AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 11:12:09AM -0500, will trillich (will@serensoft.com) wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 05:27:04AM -0700, Hamma Scott wrote:
>
> <...>
>
> > DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #25 from Will Trillich <will@serensoft.com>
> > :
> > Did you know you have MORE THAN ONE CONSOLE to use? There's
> > six, by default: try Control-Alt-F6 to see console six,
> > Ctl-Alt-F3 for console 3, and so forth. (If you don't use the X
> > window display system, you don't need to include the control
> > key. If you do have X running, you can return to it from any
> > console via Alt-F7, unless you've changed the defaults.) Each
> > console can have its own login, running its own jobs. Very
> > handy!
> >
> > and for Alt-LEFTARROW and Alt-RIGHTARROW, i think a separate tip
> > is warranted. :)
>
> From the better-late-than-sober dept.
>
> ...there's also 'chvt' which allows directly targeting any virtual
> terminal:
>
> $ chvt 1
> $ chvt 100
>
> Under Debian, this is packaged in console-tools.
>
> This I've found handy when I've hosed an X session (but not the entire
> system) and can still ssh in remotely. Running 'chvt 1' gets me console
> on the box (or confirms the display's hosed). This can also be useful
> for entertaining yourself at a coworker's expense ;-)
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
> What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal
> http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
> Are these opinions my employer's? Hah! I don't believe them myself!
gotcha. thanks!
--
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #89 from Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com>
:
HOSED YOUR X SESSION (but not the entire system)? Try 'chvt'
which allows directly targeting any virtual terminal:
$ chvt 1
$ chvt 100
If you can still ssh in remotely, running 'chvt 1'
re-establishes your console on the box, or confirms that the
display is fuxnored. (Try "apt-get install console-tools" to
get it.)
Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...
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