(Sorry if it's a duplicate post - it's been 5 minutes and the first hasn't shown up yet... usually only takes a minute at most...)
I can see a couple ways: first, while the process is running hit ctrl-z (I think that's right), which should background the process. Then switching to your console use the fg command. The problem here though is that your bash session in X is a child of your logged in X session (I think), so is terminated when X stops. So I don't think this will work - but I haven't tested it either. Second, and I *KNOW* this will work - use screen. You'll probably have to install it - most distros don't include it. Once installed, open up your x-term, and type in "screen". If it presents you with a command prompt, it's working. Start your process, then do "ctrl-A then D" (hope I remember that right) which will exit the screen session and return you to your usual prompt. Close your x-term. The process is still running. Then in your console do a "screen -r" which will reconnect to the last session. Your console should reflect whatever has been happening with the process. I use the screen command all the time to remotely start long compiles on the Gentoo server(s) I manage, then come back to them later (like the next day or two). This way I can safely shut down the workstation I started the command from, yet know the processes are working fine. I've even heard that you can get two screen sessions running in a split screen type mode in a single console... But I've never had a need for that... HTH. Shawn Jesse Kline wrote: > How do I background a job in an x-terminal, and have it resume in a > console so that I can restart the x-server without stopping the job? > > TIA, > > Jesse > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
