Re: virtual consoles on freebsd-7.0-release
On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 05:45:12AM -0600, Steven Susbauer wrote: joeb wrote: When I am in xorg/xfce and do Ctrl+Alt+Fx it does in fact open the selected virtual console. But I can not find any way to return to the xorg/xfce desktop running in the virtual console I left from. Alt+Fx does take me to the virtual console where x11/xfce is suppose to be, but puts me in command line mode. The command ps ax shows xorg/xfce is still running. How do I get back to the xorg/xfce desktop running in the virtual console I left from? You should be able to get back into Xorg with Alt F7 or F8. Does this not work? Steve X usually runs on ttyv8, so it should be Alt+F9. HTH, Yuri ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: virtual consoles on freebsd-7.0-release
On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 21:45:12 +0800, joeb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I logon from F2 as root and then startx. As root? No good idea. You should run from a !root user account. I believe F9 only works if you use the xorg logon session control. No, it works when you startx from after a normal login, too. I do know that, it's my setting at the moment. :-) So if you would create a normal user account and add these files: 1. ~/.xsession #!/bin/csh source ~/.cshrc exec ~/.xinitrc 2. ~/.xinitc #!/bin/sh exec xfwm Give them +x permissions. The first file allows you to inherit your settings from the C shell (~/.cshrc) into your X session when started from XDM or another display manager. After login, you can use the % startx command to run your XFCE session. But in fact, running as root can't be the reason why console switching doesn't seem to work correctly, I believe... -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: virtual consoles on freebsd-7.0-release
On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:17:35 +0300, The Ghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I migrated to freensd-7.0-release and noticed that I can't switch to the virtual consoles by pressing Alt+Fx once I've started X ! I guess the key combination has changed in the nre version of Xorg implemented in FreeBSD 7.0, so I took a look at the online handbook, but I haven't found anything about the new way to switch to the virtual consoles... Could anyone please point me at what do I miss?.. Well, this hasn't something to do with FreeBSD 7. From my own experience, virtual console switching has always been the same since 4.0 with XFree86. When you're inside X, you need to add the Control key to the key combination, e. g. Ctrl-Alt-PF1. So you leave X (on its VT, usually PF9, see /etc/ttys) and get to the 1st virtual console. As long as you're in text mode, you can switch around with Alt+PF1 ... Alt+PF9 as you mentioned correctly. The functions of Alt+PF1 ... Alt+PF12 inside X depends on the window manager / desktop environment you're running, it can, for example, be used to switch virtual desktops. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: virtual consoles on freebsd-7.0-release
I logon from F2 as root and then startx. I believe F9 only works if you use the xorg logon session control. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Yuri Pankov Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 7:49 PM To: Steven Susbauer Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: virtual consoles on freebsd-7.0-release On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 05:45:12AM -0600, Steven Susbauer wrote: joeb wrote: When I am in xorg/xfce and do Ctrl+Alt+Fx it does in fact open the selected virtual console. But I can not find any way to return to the xorg/xfce desktop running in the virtual console I left from. Alt+Fx does take me to the virtual console where x11/xfce is suppose to be, but puts me in command line mode. The command ps ax shows xorg/xfce is still running. How do I get back to the xorg/xfce desktop running in the virtual console I left from? You should be able to get back into Xorg with Alt F7 or F8. Does this not work? Steve X usually runs on ttyv8, so it should be Alt+F9. HTH, Yuri ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: virtual consoles on freebsd-7.0-release
On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 15:45:28 +0800, joeb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I get back to the xorg/xfce desktop running in the virtual console I left from? You could try to press the Pause / SysRq key as many times as needed until you're on your X screen again. Have a look into /etc/ttys where the correct terminal should be specified, e. g. ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm off secure ^^ So X will be on ttyv8 which is number 9 (Alt+PF9). May I ask how you initiate your X (XFCE) session? This could give a hint why console switching doesn't work as intended. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: virtual consoles on freebsd-7.0-release
joeb wrote: When I am in xorg/xfce and do Ctrl+Alt+Fx it does in fact open the selected virtual console. But I can not find any way to return to the xorg/xfce desktop running in the virtual console I left from. Alt+Fx does take me to the virtual console where x11/xfce is suppose to be, but puts me in command line mode. The command ps ax shows xorg/xfce is still running. How do I get back to the xorg/xfce desktop running in the virtual console I left from? You should be able to get back into Xorg with Alt F7 or F8. Does this not work? Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
virtual consoles on freebsd-7.0-release
Hello, I migrated to freensd-7.0-release and noticed that I can't switch to the virtual consoles by pressing Alt+Fx once I've started X ! I guess the key combination has changed in the nre version of Xorg implemented in FreeBSD 7.0, so I took a look at the online handbook, but I haven't found anything about the new way to switch to the virtual consoles... Could anyone please point me at what do I miss?.. The Ghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: virtual consoles on freebsd-7.0-release
The Ghost wrote: Hello, I migrated to freensd-7.0-release and noticed that I can't switch to the virtual consoles by pressing Alt+Fx once I've started X ! I guess the key combination has changed in the nre version of Xorg implemented in FreeBSD 7.0, so I took a look at the online handbook, but I haven't found anything about the new way to switch to the virtual consoles... Could anyone please point me at what do I miss?.. The Ghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you tried Ctrl+Alt+Fx? Alt alone has never gone to a virtual console from X for me, on any system. -Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: virtual consoles on freebsd-7.0-release
When I am in xorg/xfce and do Ctrl+Alt+Fx it does in fact open the selected virtual console. But I can not find any way to return to the xorg/xfce desktop running in the virtual console I left from. Alt+Fx does take me to the virtual console where x11/xfce is suppose to be, but puts me in command line mode. The command ps ax shows xorg/xfce is still running. How do I get back to the xorg/xfce desktop running in the virtual console I left from? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steven Susbauer Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 1:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: virtual consoles on freebsd-7.0-release The Ghost wrote: Hello, I migrated to freensd-7.0-release and noticed that I can't switch to the virtual consoles by pressing Alt+Fx once I've started X ! I guess the key combination has changed in the nre version of Xorg implemented in FreeBSD 7.0, so I took a look at the online handbook, but I haven't found anything about the new way to switch to the virtual consoles... Could anyone please point me at what do I miss?.. The Ghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you tried Ctrl+Alt+Fx? Alt alone has never gone to a virtual console from X for me, on any system. -Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
