Re: Can I start X while other stuff going on?
Subject: Can I start X while other stuff going on?
Date: Tue, Nov 10, 1998 at 07:44:16PM -0600
In reply to:Kent West
Quoting Kent West(westk@heir.acu.edu):
>
> This will probably be one of those questions that EVERYBODY knows the
> answer to, so "why are you asking such dumb questions, Kent?" However,
> being entrenched in the Windows world where you didn't do such things, I
> wanted to ask before I hosed something.
>
> Can I switch to another virtual terminal and start X Windows while I've
> got something else going on in the first vterm, such as a download or a
> dselect session, etc?
>
> And if I can, once I'm in X, how do I then get back to where I can see how
> the download is progressing? Do I just Ctrl-Alt-F[key] back to the
> original vterm, or can I bring up the process in an Xterm or something
> similar?
>From a console running 'anything' you can go to another console, via
Alt-F[1-6]. In that console start X (isn't a REAL OS Great!). The X
screen will be on F7 ( if you haven't modified anything in
/etc/inittab yet). Now you are in X, go to the other consoles now with
Ctrl-Alt [F1-6] and back to X with Alt-F7.
>
> Again, sorry if this sounds like I'm a complete idiot (I usually try to
> hide the evidence).
Sorry to disagree, an idiot would not have had the sense to ask. Keep
asking and enjoy the GNU generation!
HTH
>
>
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