On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 09:14:31PM -0700, Eric Hanchrow wrote: [...] > I should have done this before sending mail to the list, but: I tried > a few other window managers, on the theory that the one I was using > was "stealing" that keystroke (although I would imagine that the X > server gets first crack at the keystrokes ... I dunno). Anyway, there > was no difference when I used `flwm'. [...] > But I noticed something else -- after logging out, with the xdm login > prompt on the screen, I *could* switch to a text console with > Ctrl+Alt+F1. I think I'll try again with some more window managers ... Key sequences that the X server interprets are never passed to clients. That includes window managers. If you aren't running the X server on vt1, then CTRL-ALT-F1 should take you to that VC. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | Please do not look directly into laser branden@ecn.purdue.edu | with remaining eye. cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
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