Re: [gentoo-user] modular X : Ctl-Alt-F7 fails

2006-09-24 Thread Walter Dnes
On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 05:24:44PM -0400, Philip Webb wrote I've never quite understood why it's Ctl-Alt-F7 which returns, when the TTY's involved seem to be 1 2 . In fact, I've suppressed higher-numbered TTY 3-6 in /etc/inittab . Another test reveals that Ctl-Alt-F3 returns to the X

Re: [gentoo-user] modular X : Ctl-Alt-F7 fails

2006-09-24 Thread Philip Webb
060924 Walter Dnes wrote: On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 05:24:44PM -0400, Philip Webb wrote I've never quite understood why it's Ctl-Alt-F7 which returns, Another test reveals that Ctl-Alt-F3 returns to the X session, so perhaps the command to return uses the next free F key. -- lots of interesting

Re: [gentoo-user] modular X : Ctl-Alt-F7 fails

2006-09-21 Thread Andrew Frink
On 9/20/06, Philip Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just updated to modular X everything seems to be working,except that afterCtl-Alt-F2I can't get back to X withCtl-Alt-F7 .I can get back to the original raw terminal withCtl-Alt-F1 ,which shows3identical error messages.I tried remerging

Re: [gentoo-user] modular X : Ctl-Alt-F7 fails

2006-09-21 Thread Mick
On Thursday 21 September 2006 14:16, Andrew Frink wrote: On 9/20/06, Philip Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just updated to modular X everything seems to be working, except that after Ctl-Alt-F2 I can't get back to X with Ctl-Alt-F7 . I can get back to the original raw terminal with

Re: [gentoo-user] modular X : Ctl-Alt-F7 fails

2006-09-21 Thread Philip Webb
060921 Andrew Frink wrote: On 9/20/06, Philip Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just updated to modular X everything seems to be working, except that after Ctl-Alt-F2 I can't get back to X with Ctl-Alt-F7 . I can get back to the original raw terminal with Ctl-Alt-F1 , which shows 3

Re: [gentoo-user] modular X : Ctl-Alt-F7 fails

2006-09-21 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Philip Webb wrote: I've never quite understood why it's Ctl-Alt-F7 which returns, when the TTY's involved seem to be 1 2 . Because on most machines inittab tells init to start agetty on the first six VTs, and X then takes the first free VT. In fact, I've suppressed higher-numbered TTY 3-6

Re: [gentoo-user] modular X : Ctl-Alt-F7 fails (solved)

2006-09-21 Thread Philip Webb
060922 Benno Schulenberg wrote: Philip Webb wrote: I've never quite understood why it's Ctl-Alt-F7 which returns, when the TTY's involved seem to be 1 2 . Because on most machines inittab tells init to start agetty on the first six VTs, and X then takes the first free VT. Another test

[gentoo-user] modular X : Ctl-Alt-F7 fails

2006-09-20 Thread Philip Webb
I've just updated to modular X everything seems to be working, except that after Ctl-Alt-F2 I can't get back to X with Ctl-Alt-F7 . I can get back to the original raw terminal with Ctl-Alt-F1 , which shows 3 identical error messages. I tried remerging Xkeyboard-config (from a previous