On Thu, 2002-01-17 at 09:57, pesarif wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:35, Michel D�nzer wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 01:14, pesarif wrote: > > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 06:39, Michel D�nzer wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > > > But chvt, changes VT, this is what X appears to do when it starts. I > > > _don't_ want X to chvt. > > > > What about using chvt to switch back, e.g. early in ~/.xsession? > > But how would the script know which VT to chvt back to?
man tty -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
