Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 10 Jan 2002 10:16:38 -0500 (EST) | | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | | Subject | Re: Simple local DOS |
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, David S. Miller wrote:
> From: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com> > Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 09:07:51 -0500 (EST) > > Ctrl-ALT-F12 selects VT mode from a locked X-window, ALT-F1 gets you > to the first VT, ALT-F2, next, etc. > No problem at all. > > Only if X services the keypress, in his case X is blocked on > stdout/stderr output so it won't. >
I tried it before I answered the query. It works fine here. The only problem I found is the VT that X was using ended up with strange non-usable characteristics in graphics mode. The others are fine and X can be killed, releasing its resources. Also, CTL-Alt-Backspace works at least 50 percent of the time when an attempt is made to lock it up as reported.
Cheers, Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.1 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).
I was going to compile a list of innovations that could be attributed to Microsoft. Once I realized that Ctrl-Alt-Del was handled in the BIOS, I found that there aren't any.
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