So I did some follow-through and read through a bit of the sudoers manual, and added the following to the line for my username to the system /etc/sudoers file (using visudo, of course):
Code: _______________________ NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/chvt _______________________ ...which allows me to successfully invoke chvt without entering a password. I then added the following stanzas to my ~/.xmodmap file: Code: _____________________ "sudo chvt 1" control + Mod1 + F1 "sudo chvt 2" control + Mod1 + F2 "sudo chvt 3" control + Mod1 + F3 "sudo chvt 4" control + Mod1 + F4 "sudo chvt 5" control + Mod1 + F5 "sudo chvt 6" control + Mod1 + F6 _____________________ ...which allows me to switch to a VT using control-alt-f#! Sweet! Mission accomplished! Thanks for the help of everyone here. However, there is one small hitch: when invoked from a commandline, chvt takes me to a VT. There, I can log in, move to another VT with Alt-f#, or go back to X with alt-f7. However, when invoked via a keybinding, chvt takes me to the correct VT, from which I can either log in or go back to X with alt-f7. If, however, I try to change to another VT from there, it flashes over to it for a second and then switches back. This also happens if I invoke chvt from the VT. Unless somebody has an immediately obvious fix for this, however, I'm willing to live with this, since the fix above is admittedly treating the symptoms but not so much the problem. Anyway, thanks again to everyone. Amy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
