On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 10:36:12AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 11:12:09AM -0500, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 05:27:04AM -0700, Hamma Scott wrote: > > <...> > > > DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #25 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > : > > Did you know you have MORE THAN ONE CONSOLE to use? There's > > six, by default: try Control-Alt-F6 to see console six, > > Ctl-Alt-F3 for console 3, and so forth. (If you don't use the X > > window display system, you don't need to include the control > > key. If you do have X running, you can return to it from any > > console via Alt-F7, unless you've changed the defaults.) Each > > console can have its own login, running its own jobs. Very > > handy! > > > > and for Alt-LEFTARROW and Alt-RIGHTARROW, i think a separate tip > > is warranted. :) > > From the better-late-than-sober dept. > > ...there's also 'chvt' which allows directly targeting any virtual > terminal: > > $ chvt 1 > $ chvt 100 > > Under Debian, this is packaged in console-tools. > > This I've found handy when I've hosed an X session (but not the entire > system) and can still ssh in remotely. Running 'chvt 1' gets me console > on the box (or confirms the display's hosed). This can also be useful > for entertaining yourself at a coworker's expense ;-) > > Cheers. > > -- > Karsten M. Self <[email protected]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org > Are these opinions my employer's? Hah! I don't believe them myself!
gotcha. thanks! -- DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #89 from Karsten M. Self <[email protected]> : HOSED YOUR X SESSION (but not the entire system)? Try 'chvt' which allows directly targeting any virtual terminal: $ chvt 1 $ chvt 100 If you can still ssh in remotely, running 'chvt 1' re-establishes your console on the box, or confirms that the display is fuxnored. (Try "apt-get install console-tools" to get it.) Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...
