Re: Multitasking, through Multiple Text Windows

2019-01-22 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 9:34 AM Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Sat, Jan 05, 2019 at 09:33:27AM -0500, Kenneth Parker wrote: > > >play command (sox package) on one of these Virtual Text Terminals. > > > >The reason I am bringing this up now, is that I tried this on Stretch, > with > >no Graphical

Re: Multitasking, through Multiple Text Windows

2019-01-10 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Sat, Jan 05, 2019 at 09:33:27AM -0500, Kenneth Parker wrote: I first need to Date Myself You don't, really: all it serves is to worsen the signal:noise ratio of your email pertinent to the problem you are experiencing. One "Special Function", which pointed out the "Fly in the Ointment" to

Re: Multitasking, through Multiple Text Windows

2019-01-06 Thread David Wright
On Sun 06 Jan 2019 at 22:18:52 (-0500), Kenneth Parker wrote: > On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 2:04 PM Felix Miata wrote: > > Kenneth Parker composed on 2019-01-05 09:33 (UTC-0500): > > ... > > > Looks like SystemD may *NOT* be spawning the 6 Text Login Screens, > > like > > > the SysV Init Package did

Re: Multitasking, through Multiple Text Windows

2019-01-06 Thread David Wright
On Sun 06 Jan 2019 at 21:32:10 (-0500), Kenneth Parker wrote: > Here's more information: > > I gave myself a "text-only" system, via the command: "systemctl > set-default multi-user.target" > > Using two Virtual Text consoles: /dev/tty3 (alt-f3), and /dev/tty4 > (alt-f4). In view of your earli

Re: Multitasking, through Multiple Text Windows

2019-01-06 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 2:04 PM Felix Miata wrote: > Kenneth Parker composed on 2019-01-05 09:33 (UTC-0500): > ... > > Looks like SystemD may *NOT* be spawning the 6 Text Login Screens, > like > > the SysV Init Package did? > > > What gives? > > On demand gettys are a systemd [mis]feature. I do

Re: Multitasking, through Multiple Text Windows

2019-01-06 Thread Kenneth Parker
Here's more information: I gave myself a "text-only" system, via the command: "systemctl set-default multi-user.target" Using two Virtual Text consoles: /dev/tty3 (alt-f3), and /dev/tty4 (alt-f4). alt-f3 does the command I wish to continue running ("play", but could be compiling a Linux Kernel

Re: Multitasking, through Multiple Text Windows

2019-01-06 Thread David Wright
On Sun 06 Jan 2019 at 00:57:15 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote: > David Wright composed on 2019-01-05 23:43 (UTC-0600): > > > On Sat 05 Jan 2019 at 14:04:19 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote: > > >> On demand gettys are a systemd [mis]feature. I don't like waiting on them > >> either. > > > What do you mea

Re: Multitasking, through Multiple Text Windows

2019-01-06 Thread Curt
On 2019-01-05, Kenneth Parker wrote: > > The reason I am bringing this up now, is that I tried this on Stretch, with > no Graphical Environment, only to have the Music (playing, through the play > command /dev/tty3) *STOP* *COLD* when I used alt-F4 to switch > perspective (say, to /dev/tty4!)

Re: Multitasking, through Multiple Text Windows

2019-01-05 Thread Felix Miata
David Wright composed on 2019-01-05 23:43 (UTC-0600): > On Sat 05 Jan 2019 at 14:04:19 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote: >> On demand gettys are a systemd [mis]feature. I don't like waiting on them >> either. > What do you mean by "waiting on them"? I don't *wait* for them even on > my 650MHz Pentium

Re: Multitasking, through Multiple Text Windows

2019-01-05 Thread David Wright
On Sat 05 Jan 2019 at 14:04:19 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote: > Kenneth Parker composed on 2019-01-05 09:33 (UTC-0500): > ... > > The reason I am bringing this up now, is that I tried this on Stretch, with > > no Graphical Environment, only to have the Music (playing, through the play > > command /dev

Re: Multitasking, through Multiple Text Windows

2019-01-05 Thread David Wright
On Sat 05 Jan 2019 at 09:33:27 (-0500), Kenneth Parker wrote: > Hello, > > I first need to Date Myself, by saying that my first Linux Distribution was > Yggdrasil Plug and Play Linux, purchased as a CD in December, 1992. > > My first impression of Linux, was as a Multi-User Operating System, with

Re: Multitasking, through Multiple Text Windows

2019-01-05 Thread deloptes
Kenneth Parker wrote: > The reason I am bringing this up now, is that I tried this on Stretch, > with no Graphical Environment, only to have the Music (playing, through > the play command /dev/tty3)  *STOP*  *COLD*  when I used alt-F4 to switch > perspective (say, to /dev/tty4!) > > Looks like Sy

Re: Multitasking, through Multiple Text Windows

2019-01-05 Thread Felix Miata
Kenneth Parker composed on 2019-01-05 09:33 (UTC-0500): ... > The reason I am bringing this up now, is that I tried this on Stretch, with > no Graphical Environment, only to have the Music (playing, through the play > command /dev/tty3) *STOP* *COLD* when I used alt-F4 to switch > perspective (s

Re: Multitasking, through Multiple Text Windows

2019-01-05 Thread Nicolas George
Kenneth Parker (12019-01-05): > I LOVE Classical Music > (mp3 file) I see a contradiction. > The reason I am bringing this up now, is that I tried this on Stretch, with > no Graphical Environment, only to have the Music (playing,

Re: Multitasking, through Multiple Text Windows

2019-01-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 05 January 2019 09:33:27 Kenneth Parker wrote: > Hello, > > I first need to Date Myself, by saying that my first Linux > Distribution was Yggdrasil Plug and Play Linux, purchased as a CD in > December, 1992. > > My first impression of Linux, was as a Multi-User Operating System, > with

Multitasking, through Multiple Text Windows

2019-01-05 Thread Kenneth Parker
Hello, I first need to Date Myself, by saying that my first Linux Distribution was Yggdrasil Plug and Play Linux, purchased as a CD in December, 1992. My first impression of Linux, was as a Multi-User Operating System, with different User Names. So I organized my Working Environment that way, ev