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From: Benno Schulenberg <benno.schulenberg@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] modular X : Ctl-Alt-F7 fails
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:04:41
Message-Id: 200609220058.08821.benno.schulenberg@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] modular X : Ctl-Alt-F7 fails by Philip Webb
1 Philip Webb wrote:
2 > I've never quite understood why it's Ctl-Alt-F7 which returns,
3 > when the TTY's involved seem to be 1 & 2 .
4
5 Because on most machines inittab tells init to start agetty on the
6 first six VTs, and X then takes the first free VT.
7
8 > In fact,
9 > I've suppressed higher-numbered TTY 3-6 in /etc/inittab .
10 > Another test reveals that Ctl-Alt-F3 returns to the X session,
11 > so perhaps the command to return uses the next free F key.
12
13 In /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers you could set X to always start on VT7.
14
15 Benno
16
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18 Cetere mi opinias ke ne ĉio tradukenda estas.
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Re: [gentoo-user] modular X : Ctl-Alt-F7 fails (solved) Philip Webb <purslow@×××××××××.ca>