On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 23:04 +1100, Glenn McKechnie wrote: > David Niemi wrote: > > > Yup that worked, I didn't want to try finding this by trial and error, > > having enough fun with whatever I did to get the "+" sign. What causes > > that? > > > > Also, for future reference what is it called when one Ctrl-Alt-F1's or > > Ctrl-Alt-F7's? > > Switching terminals? Wouldn't know if that's the *correct* name, but > that is basically what you're doing. You've got 6 text terminals > (consoles) and one running X (No. 7) > > The real reason why I'm responding to this email is to clarify, expand > on, the key combinations. When you're in the GUI (X), Ctrl-Alt-Fx is > required to switch to the text terminal of your choice (usually 1 > through to 6). Once you're at the terminal (text mode) of you're choice > you can drop the Alt key, ie: Alt-F2 will get the second console, Alt-F3 > the third, until Alt-F7 which gets the seventh terminal - and usually > where the GUI is running. And the fog begins to clear ... :) Thanks for the explanation, I knew some of it but couldn't figure out the nomenclature to look it up in man or in some books I have.
