On Thu, Jan 01, 1998 at 07:09:13PM -0500, Rick Pasotto 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). > > > > Is doing this detrimental to the monitor? > > For the most part I prefer to use the console, but some things require > X, so I'm constantly switching back and forth. Each time I switch I hear > a clicking in the monitor (relay?). Will doing this shorten monitor life?
I hope not - zgv (a svgalib viewer) does this with every new picture twice. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
