Is there a way to have virtual consoles while in console mode in OS X like Linux has (in Linux, you press CTRL-ALT-F1 through F7, where F7 is the graphics console)?
<strong>Is there a way to have virtual consoles while in console mode in OS X like Linux has (in Linux, you press CTRL-ALT-F1 through F7, where F7 is the graphics console)?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Not quite. What I was thinking is virtual consoles, so you could have more than one console at the same time, switching between them. (the console you have to login as >console to get to). Linux already has this, so I was wondering if there was a way to do it in OS X.
virtual consoles would be great for when the window server decides to die on you. you could switch to a different tty and kill the window server process without doing it remotely.
<strong>hey kHack, type xinit -- :1 (or :2 or ) to have multiple X sessions in linux. Right now I am logged in as root in Fluxbox and as myself in Gnome.
use ctrl-opt-F7 and F8 to switch back and forth.
You might want to edit your /home/you/.xinitrc to launch a useful window manager
ie add:
aterm &
bbpager -w &
bbsload -w &
exec fluxbox
or whatever.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Kewl - thanks! Do you know how to get more TTY's too?
<strong>hey kHack, type xinit -- :1 (or :2 or ) to have multiple X sessions in linux. Right now I am logged in as root in Fluxbox and as myself in Gnome.
use ctrl-opt-F7 and F8 to switch back and forth.
You might want to edit your /home/you/.xinitrc to launch a useful window manager
ie add:
aterm &
bbpager -w &
bbsload -w &
exec fluxbox
or whatever.</strong><hr></blockquote>
How did you get Gnome working in OS X??? (When I use it, I just boot into Yellow Dog Linux :cool
No - I'm talking about console mode in OS X. I am already familiar with how virtual consoles work in Yellow Dog Linux, since I have another linux box (or should I say, K'NEX Cube).
<strong>virtual consoles would be great for when the window server decides to die on you. you could switch to a different tty and kill the window server process without doing it remotely.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I must be living in another world. I have never had the window server die nor have I ever experiecned a kernel panic or system lockup with OSX. Even when I was running the Public Beta I never had problems..
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<strong>Is there a way to have virtual consoles while in console mode in OS X like Linux has (in Linux, you press CTRL-ALT-F1 through F7, where F7 is the graphics console)?</strong><hr></blockquote>
<a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=000328" target="_blank">http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi? ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=000328,</a> that what you where thinking?
[ 02-14-2002: Message edited by: KrazyFool ]</p>
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<a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=000328" target="_blank">http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi? ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=000328,</a> that what you where thinking?
[ 02-14-2002: Message edited by: KrazyFool ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
Not quite. What I was thinking is virtual consoles, so you could have more than one console at the same time, switching between them. (the console you have to login as >console to get to). Linux already has this, so I was wondering if there was a way to do it in OS X.
use ctrl-opt-F7 and F8 to switch back and forth.
You might want to edit your /home/you/.xinitrc to launch a useful window manager
ie add:
aterm &
bbpager -w &
bbsload -w &
exec fluxbox
or whatever.
<strong>hey kHack, type xinit -- :1 (or :2 or ) to have multiple X sessions in linux. Right now I am logged in as root in Fluxbox and as myself in Gnome.
use ctrl-opt-F7 and F8 to switch back and forth.
You might want to edit your /home/you/.xinitrc to launch a useful window manager
ie add:
aterm &
bbpager -w &
bbsload -w &
exec fluxbox
or whatever.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Kewl - thanks! Do you know how to get more TTY's too?
<strong>hey kHack, type xinit -- :1 (or :2 or ) to have multiple X sessions in linux. Right now I am logged in as root in Fluxbox and as myself in Gnome.
use ctrl-opt-F7 and F8 to switch back and forth.
You might want to edit your /home/you/.xinitrc to launch a useful window manager
ie add:
aterm &
bbpager -w &
bbsload -w &
exec fluxbox
or whatever.</strong><hr></blockquote>
How did you get Gnome working in OS X??? (When I use it, I just boot into Yellow Dog Linux :cool
BTW, as a useless aside, you can specify the VC by adding an extra arguement:
startx -- :2 vt9 starts a virtual console on ctrl-opt-F9 instead of the default 8
Handy if you already have a MOL session on VC8
as for TTYs, you have a fixed amount (1-6) 7+ are reserved for X sessions.
[ 02-17-2002: Message edited by: stimuli ]</p>
<strong>I didn't... That's a linux command.
BTW, as a useless aside, you can specify the VC by adding an extra arguement:
startx -- :2 vt9 starts a virtual console on ctrl-opt-F9 instead of the default 8
Handy if you already have a MOL session on VC8
as for TTYs, you have a fixed amount (1-6) 7+ are reserved for X sessions.
[ 02-17-2002: Message edited by: stimuli ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
No - I'm talking about console mode in OS X. I am already familiar with how virtual consoles work in Yellow Dog Linux, since I have another linux box (or should I say, K'NEX Cube).
<strong>virtual consoles would be great for when the window server decides to die on you. you could switch to a different tty and kill the window server process without doing it remotely.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I must be living in another world. I have never had the window server die nor have I ever experiecned a kernel panic or system lockup with OSX. Even when I was running the Public Beta I never had problems..