Ken Moffat wrote: > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 07:27:06PM -0600, Dan McGhee wrote: >> >> I'm glad I thought of that. I'm tired of configuring kernels. Have >> done eight since Friday. yuk. >> > Yeah, sorting out new machines is fun. > >> You and Bruce are going to have to buy new hardware to check out all of >> this EFI stuff. :) > > -ENOSPACE : I bought a new low-end AMD A4 in the spring (for Win 7), > all four positions on my KVM switch are occupied (that box, AMD > Phonon, low-end Sandy Bridge, ppc64). > >> So that I don't have to advertise my "rustiness" with a subject line on >> the list, I've got a really noob question. I can't dredge up the answer >> from the "grey cells." What are the "key presses" to switch between >> terminals in a non-graphic environment? I think ALT-CTRL-F[1-6] takes >> you to different run levels, but what about terminals? Uhoh. I think I >> just remembered something. Am I thinking of ALT-CTRL-F[1-4]? >> > Alt-F[1-6] for terminals. I've not _seen_ runlevel switching like > that, and on icewm I use Alt-Ctrl-Fn to get back to a tty (Alt-F7 to > return to xorg), Alt-F[1-4] in icewm switches desktops.
(1-6) depends on inittab. How many gettys are installed on tty devices governs. You need from 1 to 12. I'm not sure if you can get away with 0 or how to use more than 12. Yes, 6 is the common value. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
