X uses the lowest-numbered unattached VT (i.e. no getty running on it). Assuming you havn't changed debian's defaults, that will be #7, so try Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get back to your X session.
At 01:52 PM 1/1/98 -0800, you wrote: > >I once saw someone (running Red Hat) who had an X session going on one >console, and text sessions (or if he wanted, he could run additional X >sessions) on the others. He switched using Ctrl-Alt-F<n> (1<=n<=6). > >When I try this, I can switch just fine from X to text, but not back >again. If I run X on console 1, and then press Ctrl-Alt-F2, it works, >but when I try to switch back with Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or just Alt-F1) I get >a text screen showing the output of xinit, and can find no way to get >back into Xwindows. > >Does anyone here know how to make this work? I've seen it working, >although it was on a Red Hat system, so I know it's at least >theoretically possible. > >--Bill. > >-- >William R Ward Bay View Consulting http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/ >[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1803 Mission St. #339 voicemail +1 408/479-4072 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Santa Cruz CA 95060 USA pager +1 408/458-8862 > PGP Key 0x2BD331E5; Public key at http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/pubkey.txt -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
