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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newshost.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!caen!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.cais.com!news!khera From: khera@kciLink.com (Vivek Khera) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: How to switch virtual consols while running X Date: 15 Jul 1995 00:21:58 GMT Organization: Khera Communications, Inc., Rockville, MD Lines: 26 Message-ID: <KHERA.95Jul14202158@kci.kciLink.com> References: <daveDBq73A.H07@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kci.kcilink.com To: dave@netcom.com (David A. Lee) In-reply-to: dave@netcom.com's message of Fri, 14 Jul 1995 21:45:09 GMT >>>>> "DAL" == David A Lee <dave@netcom.com> writes: DAL> As soon as I run X (Xaccel) I lose the ability to switch DAL> consoles. The Alt-Fn sequence doesnt work any more. This is true. DAL> Is there any way to switch virtual consols while running X ??? Nope. DAL> Interactive Unix (years ago) allowed this ... DAL> Sometimes I get a n application to hang X (like netscape) DAL> and I hate to reset the computer just to kill off X. DAL> Is there any control sequences to terminate X ? You should be able to configure it to exit on the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace key sequence. In fact, I believe it is the default for Xaccel. I've never had X lockup so bad I needed to do that. Excatly twice have I had to do it because my mouse got hosed over on initialize. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: khera@kciLink.com Rockville, MD +1-301-309-0969 PGP/RIPEM/MIME spoken here http://www.kciLink.com/home/khera/