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Re: Window Managers



On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 23:41:39 +1100
"James Buchanan" <jamesbuch@iprimus.com.au> wrote:

> also it should have a "hot key" so that if you press F12 for example in an
> emergency the whole Window system can be brought down and you can login at a
> command prompt instead of that annoying wdm login thing.  This is awful when
> someone gets their X setup wrong and the screen goes mad, the mouse goes
> nuts and you can't login because nothing works and you need a command prompt
> to get back into XFree86Setup!

Ctrl-Alt-F1 = Goto virtual console #1 (etc up to F7 which is usually X)
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace = Kill the X-server

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