On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 08:22:20AM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 23 Nov 2015, John L. Ries wrote: > > Actually, if someone is starting X via startx instead of a display manager, > > it normally means either that the user is trying to test his X > > configuration, or that X is only intended to run intermittently, with TTY > > mode being the norm. So having X replace the terminal in that circumstance > > does not at all strike me as a happy thing, > > I don't agree with this. I don't use a desktop manager but even if I > did, I'd prefer to start X via startx. This gives me more control. If > something goes wrong with X you are screwed if you don't have an easily > accessible TTY to diagnose the problem. I'm sure I'm not alone in > this.
ctrl-alt-F1 still works, even though ctrl-alt-backspace no longer works. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X
