Re: going from Xwindows to console

["John Fleming" <john@wa9als.com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jekillen" <jekillen@prodigy.net>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 6:28 PM
Subject: going from Xwindows to console


> Hello;
> I've installed Debian 4.1 and would like to know how to
> drop out of Xwindows into a console display. It seems
> to be different from distro to distro. I tried F1, F2, etc;
> command F1, F2, etc;
> alt F1, F2, etc
> shift F1, F2, etc
> control F1, F2, etc.
> So what is the magic incantation on Debian?
> Xwindows usually runs on tty7or  tty8 as I
> recall from Mandrake and Yellow Dog. And
> it is accessed via F7 or F8.

CTL-ALT-F1