On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 08:33, pesarif wrote:

> One of the computers I use is particularly slow.
> So when I start X, I would like it to load in the background on VT7 _without_ 
> changing the current VT.
> 
> e.g. I'm happily tapping away on VT1 and then decide that I need to play 
> Maelstrom.  So I "startx" but as soon as I press Enter, X opens up on VT7 and 
> automatically changes to VT7.  But I want to stay on VT1 (to continue my 
> work), until I press CTRL+ALT+F7 after X has finished loading (this is a slow 
> computer, after all :).
> 
> I'd be very glad if someone could give me a solution for both (hopefully) 
> XFree 3.3.6 and XFree >= 4.0.3.

man chvt


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Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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