Jul 15 at 11:27pm +0530 USM Bish wrote:

>   On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 10:35:57PM +0530, M.Balakrishna Pillai wrote:
>   > 
>   > replace /usr/bin/chvt with the correct path of chvt
>   > the 1 stands for `ctrl+alt  + F1' for `ctrl+alt  + F2' make it 2
>   
>   AFAIK,  'chvt 6'  would take  me to  tty6. This  would work  on
>   console, but under X the VT_ACTIVATE function is nullified, and
>   it may  not work.  

You are right man. It did not worked. It worked under console, but in
X (where I required) it failed.

>   Normally, Ctrl-Alt-Lt-Arrow  would take  you from tty(N) to
>   tty(N-1) and converse for Ctrl-Alt-Rt-Arrow. 

Not working under console on RH9 setup.

>   But these would not work under X terminal. Some WMs trap these
>   key function to switch windows.
>   
>   Secondly, even  if it  works, pressing  Ctrl-Alt-Del under  tty
>   would also take him to tty N as defined in inittab.
>   
>   HSR, just  confirm if you can  kill X with Ctrl-Alt-BkSpc  ? 

Yes, it kill X.

> Or does diverting ctrlaltdel to 'killall xinit' in inittab help ?
>   This would have no effect if not in X.

I will try and report.

Thanks for your suggestion. Only could find time after a long gap to
read your fine email ;-)

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