Re: console switching problem from desktop

2006-12-17 Thread Neil E. Sprinlan
Denny White wrote: There are actually 2 problems. First one is, when using ctrl-alt-f1 so forth, it goes to the other console fine, but when I try to switch back, all I see on the screen is the output from the underlying x rather than the desktop. If you use xdm to start X, your custom

Re: console switching problem from desktop

2006-12-17 Thread Denny White
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Today Neil E. Sprinlan wrote: Denny White wrote: There are actually 2 problems. First one is, when using ctrl-alt-f1 so forth, it goes to the other console fine, but when I try to switch back, all I see on the screen is the output from the

Re: console switching problem from desktop

2006-12-17 Thread Ben Calvert
On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:04:16 - (GMT) Neil E. Sprinlan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Denny White wrote: The other problem is, when I'm on the desktop in an xterm window, it's as though the settings in .profile like my aliases I have setup, aren't recognized, like they're not in the

Re: console switching problem from desktop

2006-12-17 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
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Re: console switching problem from desktop

2006-12-16 Thread Denny White
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Today Jeremy Huiskamp wrote: On 15-Dec-06, at 8:42 PM, Denny White wrote: There are actually 2 problems. First one is, when using ctrl-alt-f1 so forth, it goes to the other console fine, but when I try to switch back, all I see on the screen is

console switching problem from desktop

2006-12-15 Thread Denny White
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 There are actually 2 problems. First one is, when using ctrl-alt-f1 so forth, it goes to the other console fine, but when I try to switch back, all I see on the screen is the output from the underlying x rather than the desktop. The other problem

Re: console switching problem from desktop

2006-12-15 Thread Jeremy Huiskamp
On 15-Dec-06, at 8:42 PM, Denny White wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 There are actually 2 problems. First one is, when using ctrl-alt-f1 so forth, it goes to the other console fine, but when I try to switch back, all I see on the screen is the output from the underlying