On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 10:20:36PM EDT, Amy Templeton wrote: > Amy Templeton wrote: > > > This line, however, doesn't exist anywhere in my > > > /etc/X11 directory, so as far as I can tell that isn't > > > the problem. > cga2000 wrote: > > So what's your point, exactly? > > I just wanted to skip the part where people suggested things > I'd already tried. > > > What's your video card? > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 > [GeForce4 420 Go 32M] (rev a3) > > > Maybe your x.org driver is not up to par .. ?? > > I had this problem with the default nv driver and still do > with the nvidia-glx driver I'm currently using. > > > # chvt 2 .. you need to be root, though .. > > Thanks to the magic of su and sudo, that is not a problem. > chvt works, and from there I can go to various vt's and back > to X in the normal way. Thanks a lot...it's just odd that > that doesn't happen with the keybindings. > > Thanks, > Amy
Well, you're very welcome. I have no idea why chvt worked for me and alway seems to work under these circumstances .. and I do wish somebody knowledgeable explained the X - vt switch once and for all. After 5-6 years screwing around with computers .. I still have not clue how this works. Apparently, at least two things happen when you hit CTRL-Alt-Fn: 1. your current X session is saved 2. the context of your chosen vt is restored/activated. The saving of your X session's context makes sense because you will likely issue an Alt+Fn at some point to switch back to it .. and all your windows .. taskbar .. whatever .. will pop up again on your screen exactly the way they were as if nothing had happened. Your keyboard as well will have been reconfigured .. In my case Alt+; and Alt+' respectively bring up the wmaker window list and root menus .. On the linux console they only cause an unpleasant "beep" .. Why? Or I should ask .. How? My very uneducated take on this is that some kind of snapshot of all this stuff must live somewhere in storage so it can be recreated. Does X do that .. does your particular video card driver take care of it .. is the linux kernel involved .. Does your particular window manager have a role .. ??? I have no idea. It's little comfort to me to that amongst the millions of X users .. not more than a handful may be able to explain what really happens when you're in an X session and hit CTRL-ALT-Fn .. And they don't seem to be on this mailing list. Anybody..? Thanks, cga -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]