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Dunx
04-23-1999, 09:18 AM
I'm getting a bit confused about how virtual terminals and X interact.

In particular, if I login on a particular virtual terminal and start X on it, switching to another virtual terminal while X is running makes the X session inaccessible - when I switch back to the VT where I ran X, all I see are the diagnostic messages X puts up.

Extensive use of 'kill' and deletion of the lock file is needed to let me start X up again.

Do I need to reinitialise the X server or the graphics output somehow? Or is this just a really bad idea?

Dibbler
04-25-1999, 01:06 AM
By default, X uses tty7, not the tty you started it from. Hit ALT+F7 to get back to X.

Dunx
04-26-1999, 06:13 AM
Thanks - sorted.