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On Sunday, May 6, 2018 2:45:51 PM CEST tuxic@××××××.de wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I am running X11 with Nvidia-drivers 396.18-r1. |
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> From time to time I accidentally hit a key combo |
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> (ALT F*) and I am thrown to the LINUX console. |
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> Back in the years when one setups X11 by hand |
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> carefully inserting timings for the Cathod Ray Tube |
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> it was possible to swicth back with CTRL-ALT-F12 |
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> (or was it ALT-F12). |
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> But this does not work for me. |
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> 1) For debugging purposes I would like to |
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> get a fully working switch between the |
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> Linux console and X11 back and forth. |
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> 2) If that is not possible see below. |
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> |
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> But! |
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> If I was accidentally thrown to the Linux console |
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> by my own eloborated usage of the keyboard (hrrrrmmmm) |
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> I am able to do the following: |
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> Login as myself (console login) and do another |
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> startx. |
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> This will start a new X11 session. |
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> Is it possible somehow to "take over" the original |
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> X11 session, which is still running in the background |
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> to cleanly ending the tasks running and waiting for |
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> my input? |
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When I switch to the console (using <CTRL>+<ALT>+F1), I usually find the X- |
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session by using <ALT>+<LEFT ARROW KEY> until I get to the X-session. |
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