Re: Unable to switch to tty5

2000-11-09 Thread Gerald
Frederik Vanrenterghem wrote: > Hi, > > Since I've spent some time lately in console mode due to some problems > with X, I've noticed something strange: I cannot switch to tty5. > I can switch to tty1 to 4, and 6 (7 when in X), but not 5. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps aux|grep tty5 > root 298

Re: Unable to switch to tty5

2000-11-09 Thread Frederik Vanrenterghem
> The ^[[[E is the F5 key. Same here. Strange, isn't it. No big deal however, I can work with alt-left or right, it's an easy combination :-) --

Re: Unable to switch to tty5

2000-11-09 Thread Martin Fluch
On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Frederik Vanrenterghem wrote: > This is indeed possible! Very strange, so my F5 key probably is bound to > something else. Is there a way for me to check this? I just did the following: login on some tty, e.g. tty2, and then [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> hexdump /dev/tty2 Then I pres

Re: Unable to switch to tty5

2000-11-09 Thread Frederik Vanrenterghem
On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Martin Fluch wrote: > > Any problems with the F5 key? Seems like a silly question, but I've once > problems with logging in due to a key not working on my keyboard. > > Can you switch to tty5 with ALT-LEFT or ALT-RIGHT? > This is indeed possible! Very strange, so my F5 key

Re: Unable to switch to tty5

2000-11-09 Thread Martin Fluch
On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Frederik Vanrenterghem wrote: > Indeed, still not able to change to tty5, pid changed but that's > all... (btw, this happens directly after reboot, so it's not some left > over process or anything I believe) Any problems with the F5 key? Seems like a silly question, but I've o

Re: Unable to switch to tty5

2000-11-09 Thread Frederik Vanrenterghem
On Thu, 9 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > with X, I've noticed something strange: I cannot switch to tty5. > > I can switch to tty1 to 4, and 6 (7 when in X), but not 5. > > > > Is this normal behaviour? > I don't think so, have you tried killing the process, maybe with the -9 > signal, it

Re: Unable to switch to tty5

2000-11-09 Thread halfdan
On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 02:05:54PM +0100, Frederik Vanrenterghem wrote: > Hi, > > Since I've spent some time lately in console mode due to some problems > with X, I've noticed something strange: I cannot switch to tty5. > I can switch to tty1 to 4, and 6 (7 when in X), but not 5. > > [EMAIL PROTE

Unable to switch to tty5

2000-11-09 Thread Frederik Vanrenterghem
Hi, Since I've spent some time lately in console mode due to some problems with X, I've noticed something strange: I cannot switch to tty5. I can switch to tty1 to 4, and 6 (7 when in X), but not 5. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps aux|grep tty5 root 298 0.0 0.1 1180 480 tty5 SNov07 0: