On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Civileme wrote:
> use ctrl-alt-fx where x is in the range 2-5� f1 brings you to the
> console which X is running on top of and anything you do there is likely
> to break X.
Not true. ESPECIALLY if you login through xdm, kdm, or gdm.
Yes, X is running on top of virtual terminal 1. That means the output is
going there. X gets all it's input from terminal 7, though, not 1.
About all you can do is ^C or ^Z (kill it or suspend it). A ^Z doesn't
even suspend X, just the startx script. And that's only valid if you
logged in via getty on terminal 1. If you login via xdm & co., then ^C
kills getty, not X!
Ctrl-Alt-F-ing through consoles should have no effect on X at all. If one
has logged in via xdm, etc., then getty is still running on terminal
1! You can log in and have a shell! This is not necessarily a good idea,
because output from X is still going here, and it will likely confuse you,
but the point is, X doesn't get input from terminal 1, it just sends it
output there.
-Matt Stegman
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