[NTLUG:Discuss] Virtual consoles and X

[Lance Simmons]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 02:52:58PM -0500, MadHat wrote:
> 
> 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.  

adding
 
  alias startx="startx &> /dev/null & exit"

to .bashrc will close tty1 when you start your X session.  If you like
to move back and forth between X and the TTYs, this opens up one more.

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Lance Simmons
Irving, Texas