Re: Newbie Tips: Will, you asked.....

2001-07-31 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 02:21:18AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 12:47:22AM -0500, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 10:36:12AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > From the better-late-than-sober dept. > > > > > > ...there's also 'chv

Re: Newbie Tips: Will, you asked.....

2001-07-30 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 02:21:18AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > I showed an example of switching to the 100th virtual terminal just to > show that it's possible to switch to a VT that can't be addressed in one > keystroke (e.g.: -. 24. LeftAlt-F1 to F12 get you ttys 1-12, RightAlt-F1 to F12 g

Re: Newbie Tips: Will, you asked.....

2001-07-30 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 12:47:22AM -0500, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 10:36:12AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > From the better-late-than-sober dept. > > > > ...there's also 'chvt' which allows directly targeting any virtual > > terminal: > > > > $ c

Re: Newbie Tips: Will, you asked.....

2001-07-30 Thread will trillich
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 10:36:12AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 11:12:09AM -0500, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 05:27:04AM -0700, Hamma Scott wrote: > > <...> > > > DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #25 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie Tips: Will, you asked.....

2001-07-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 11:12:09AM -0500, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 05:27:04AM -0700, Hamma Scott wrote: <...> > DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #25 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : > Did you know you have MORE THAN ONE CONSOLE to use? There

Re: Newbie Tips: Will, you asked.....

2001-07-23 Thread will trillich
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 10:23:13AM -0700, Hamma Scott wrote: > > DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #61 from Hamma Scott > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > : > > Ever have troubles with EITHER X OR CONSOLE LOCKUP? > > If your session is hung you can type F2- > > F6 to get to another login session. This way, you > > can

Re: Newbie Tips: Will, you asked.....

2001-07-18 Thread Hamma Scott
> > -- > DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #61 from Hamma Scott > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : > Ever have troubles with EITHER X OR CONSOLE LOCKUP? > If your session is hung you can type F2- > F6 to get to another login session. This way, you > can shut your machine down properly, or kill > whichever process

Re: Newbie Tips: Will, you asked.....

2001-07-12 Thread will trillich
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 05:27:04AM -0700, Hamma Scott wrote: > > --- will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 10:46:58AM -0700, Hamma Scott wrote: > > >> -- DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #25 from Will Trillich > > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Did you know you have MORE THAN > > >> ONE

Re: Newbie Tips: Will, you asked.....

2001-07-12 Thread Kent West
Joost Kooij wrote: On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 06:30:57PM -0500, will trillich wrote: but i certainly did forget to mention how to get back IN to the X arena. eesh! (thanks!) Did you know that on the console, you can also use leftalt+cursor{left,right} to change vt's? Going back to X from vc1

Re: Newbie Tips: Will, you asked.....

2001-07-12 Thread Joost Kooij
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 05:12:05AM -0700, Hamma Scott wrote: > > --- Joost Kooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did you know that on the console, you can also use > > leftalt+cursor{left,right} > > to change vt's? Going back to X from vc1 is as > > simple as leftalt-cursorleft. > > So, to go thr

Re: Newbie Tips: Will, you asked.....

2001-07-12 Thread Hamma Scott
--- will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 10:46:58AM -0700, Hamma > Scott wrote: > >> -- > >> DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #25 from Will Trillich > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> : > >> Did you know you have MORE THAN ONE CONSOLE to > use? There's > >> six, by default: try Contro

Re: Newbie Tips: Will, you asked.....

2001-07-12 Thread Hamma Scott
--- Joost Kooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did you know that on the console, you can also use > leftalt+cursor{left,right} > to change vt's? Going back to X from vc1 is as > simple as leftalt-cursorleft. So, to go through all virtual consoles would be Left Alt-F1 throught Left Alt-F6 and Left

Re: Newbie Tips: Will, you asked.....

2001-07-12 Thread Joost Kooij
On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 06:30:57PM -0500, will trillich wrote: > but i certainly did forget to mention how to get back IN to the > X arena. eesh! (thanks!) Did you know that on the console, you can also use leftalt+cursor{left,right} to change vt's? Going back to X from vc1 is as simple as leftal

Re: Newbie Tips: Will, you asked.....

2001-07-11 Thread will trillich
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 10:46:58AM -0700, Hamma Scott wrote: >> -- >> DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #25 from Will Trillich >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> : >> Did you know you have MORE THAN ONE CONSOLE to use? There's >> six, by default: try Control-Alt-F6 to see console six, >> Ctl-Alt-F3 for console 3, and so

Newbie Tips: Will, you asked.....

2001-07-03 Thread Hamma Scott
-- DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #25 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Did you know you have MORE THAN ONE CONSOLE to use? There's six, by default: try Control-Alt-F6 to see console six, Ctl-Alt-F3 for console 3, and so forth. (If you don't use the X window display system, you don't need to include th