>>>>> "Kai" == Kai Grossjohann <grossjoh_at_charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:
>>>>> On Mon, 17 Jun 1996 11:21:38 -0400 (EDT),
>>>>> chitturi_at_dns1.state.mi.us said:
Subbarao> How do I change sessions between an xterm and a console
Subbarao> terminal and vice versa? I am talking about the sessions
Subbarao> like switching from MS Windows and DOS.
Subbarao> I am using fvwm 1.24. Is this feature a part of the window
Subbarao> manager or part of xdm?
Kai> Neither nor. You can switch between the virtual consoles with
Kai> the Alt-F keys. Alt-F1 is the first console, Alt-F2 the second,
Kai> and so on.
Kai> Within X, this has been rebound to Ctrl-Alt-F-key, so while
Kai> running X you can switch back to the first console with
Kai> Ctrl-Alt-F1 and so on.
Kai> To switch *to* X, you must choose the first virtual console that
Kai> doesn't exist. Often, people have six virtual consoles (Alt-F1
Kai> thru Alt-F6), so Alt-F7 is where they find X.
Kai> This is all part of the Linux console driver, but some X support is
Kai> required, too.
That is all only under Linux. Some other OS's have virtual terminal
support, but are accessed & behave differently. For example, AIX uses
ALT-RightCtrl to cyclically switch between virtual terminals, but only
if you 'open' them explicitly.
Kai> Btw, Ctrl-Alt-Backspace unconditionally terminates the X server,
Kai> useful in case there is some emergency.
This should be for all X servers and there is a way to disable it as
well, I believe.
Chuck
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Received on Mon Jun 17 1996 - 14:37:25 BST