Re: [gentoo-user] xcfe4 -- can't return to X after ctrl+alt+(f1-f6,f12)

[Alan McKinnon]

On Wednesday 02 September 2009 02:03:30 Alex Schuster wrote:
> Maxim Wexler writes:
> > If, after running startx, I move to another terminal using
> > ctr+alt+(f1-f6,f12), when I return to the X window, ctrl+alt+f7, I see
> > nothing but a blank terminal, not even a cursor. I have to navigate to
> > wherever I started X, hit ctrl-c and run startx again.
>
> This may be a stupid idea, but did you try Ctrl-Alt-F8?

Not at all stupid, it's actually a very good tip :-)

I've seen gnome do similar stupid things when switching back to X from a virt 
term

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