switching virtual consoles

[Daniel Stonier]

On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 10:18:28 -0500, Steven Stern 
<subscribed-lists at sterndata.com> wrote:

> Here's the scenario:
>
> Walk up to the Fedora box and login at the default console.
> Type: startx
> Press CTRL-ALT-F2
> login at the text prompt
> Press ALT-F1 to go back to the first console
>
> When I'm back at that first console, I no longer see the GUI. Instead, I 
> see
> some messages generated by the X system.  ALT-F2 gets me back to the 
> second
> console, but I can't seem to find a way to get back into that first X 
> session.
>
> This is probably pilot error...  How do I switch back into a GUI console 
> from
> a secondary (or tertiary) text console?
> --
>    Steve

The X server always starts up on CTRL-ALT-F7 and higher. Consoles
CTRL-ALT-F1 to F6 are permanently reserved as as text terminals.

Cheers,
Daniel.

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