Re: Starting X in a second console (SOLVED)

[John Aldrich]

On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Miroslav Skoric wrote:
> "Mikkel L. Ellertson" wrote:
> > 
> > The X session starts on the next free VC, not on the VC you type the
> > command to start X from.  With a stock RedHat system, the first X
> > session startx on VC 7, the second on VC 8, the third on VC 9, etc.
> > So, with what you started, to get to the session you started from VC 1,
> > use Ctrl-Alt-F8, and for the one from VC 2, use Ctrl-Alt-F9.
> > (VC 1 is the console you get to with Ctrl-Alt-F1...)
> > 
> 
> Thank you. Btw, if Ctrl-Alt-F8 responses to startx in Ctrl-Alt-F1 virt.
> console or
>                    Ctrl-Alt-F9 responses to startx in Ctrl-Alt-F2 virt.
> console etc.
>                    ................
> 
> I wonder, what virt. console Ctrl-Alt-F7 responses to :-))
> 
>
Actually, you're off one, I think.... CTRL+ALT+F1 gets you back to
the initial console which matches up to CTRL+ALT+F7. Thus CTRL+ALT+F2
goes to CTRL+ALT+F8, etc.
        John



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