Just in case anyone else is experiencing this problem, I found an intrim solution: the "chvt" command allows you to change VCs from an Xterm.
--Eric Eric Jeschke http://redskiesatnight.com/ On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, Eric Jeschke wrote: | Last night I upgraded one of my systems from Redhat 8 to Redhat 9. | Everything seems groovy except that I cannot switch virtual consoles | under X any more, as I could under 8. | | A little experimentation shows that it will allow this if I am logged in | as root. It does not matter whether I am running Gnome or KDE if I am | logged in as an ordinary user. | | I tried putting the following in my XF86Config: | Section "ServerFlags" | Option "DontVTSwitch" "off" | Option "DontZap" "off" | EndSection | | A review of the X log file shows the directives are affirmed, but I am | still not allowed to switch VCs. | | My guess is that this is a "security" setting that is buried below X in | the system itself. I cannot find a configuration option for it in any | of the system configuration dialogs. | | Anyone know how I can fix this? I gotta have VC switching. My wife and | I run simultaneous X sessions on this box and just switch to our desktop | when we walk up to the machine--very handy. | | Other than that Redhat 9 is great. It seems noticably faster than | Redhat 8. OpenOffice loads MUCH quicker. | | --Eric | | Eric Jeschke | http://redskiesatnight.com/
