On Thu 20 Mar 2014 at 12:44:21 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > Yeah, when making a machine for a less technical or less command-prompt > > comfortable person, I like to have it boot into GUI via the desktop > > manager. But when setting it up for myself or for people technically > > sharp enough to log in and then type "startx" (and people you can > > trust with the command prompt), I like to boot to the command prompt. > > When logging in at the Linux console (on current kernels at least), > then running startx, there is a security problem: > > b) type Ctrl-Alt-F1 (for example), followed by Ctrl-C to kill your gui > session, notwithstanding if you even have it gui locked
Use the Force, Zenaan: man xorg and then Ctrl+Alt+F1...F12 For systems with virtual terminal support, these keystroke combinations are used to switch to virtual terminals 1 through 12, respectively. This can be disabled with the DontVTSwitch xorg.conf(5) file option. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20032014141516.099233063...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk