fritzz@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (fritz zaucker) (09/17/89)
Hi, I have a problem with switching virtual terminals under ix/386 While running X11 on one of the terminals I want switch to another. This is in textmode. If I switch back to the X11 session, this is also in textmode. Is there any way to get it back to graphics mode (X11)? Thanks for your help. Fritz
jackv@turnkey.gryphon.COM (Jack F. Vogel) (09/18/89)
In article <1706@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu> fritzz@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (fritz zaucker) writes: >I have a problem with switching virtual terminals under ix/386 >While running X11 on one of the terminals I want switch to >another. This is in textmode. If I switch back to the >X11 session, this is also in textmode. Is there any way >to get it back to graphics mode (X11)? Your problem is that you simply not aware of how the X server works with the virtual terminals. If you did a ps you would see that it is running on a different vt than the one you fired it up on. The way it works is that the server will open the first vt0x that has no getty on it. So if you have gettys on vt01 and vt02 it will actually run on vt03. I assume that you were toggling between the console and maybe vt01. To get back to the X session do a ps, find which vt the X server is running on and toggle to that. -- Jack F. Vogel jackv@seas.ucla.edu AIX Technical Support - or - Locus Computing Corp. jackv@ifs.umich.edu