[NTLUG:Discuss] Virtual consoles and X

[MadHat]

On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 14:42, Richard Wolfe wrote:
> Hello all-
> 
> I have a question regarding the virtual console mechanism with
> regard to the GUI interface. I'm running RedHat 8.0. Here's my
> problem: if I am logged in at tty1 and I start X, everthing
> works just fine. From within the GUI, I can ctrl-alt-F2 to tty2.
> Again, no problems. But when I alt-F1 back to tty1, X has
> terminated (with a bunch of error messaging). I can start it
> again no problem. I have seen this exact same behavior on two
> different machines. 


You know that alt-F1 takes you back to the tty1, not X.  What you should
see is the X logs.  By default on RedHat, you should alt-F8 to go back
to the GUI X once you have traveled back to a TTY.  

> 
> At first I just figured "that's the way it is". But I noticed on
> another RedHat 8.0 machine that I work with (albeit a much more
> powerful server, at work) that I can switch back and forth
> between the GUI and virtual text consoles no problem. Any idea
> what I'm missing? I can provide the error messaging if that
> would be helpful.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Richard Wolfe
> Linux Newbie
> 
> 
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