This is a discussion on Re: startx -- :1 , where's virtual tty? - X ; iksrazal@terra.com.br (iksrazal) writes: > While I have my desktop running, I can then ctr-alt-F2, for example > and then startx -- :1 . I can then switch back to the original desktop > via ctr-alt-F7. But how can I then ...
iksrazal@terra.com.br (iksrazal) writes:
> While I have my desktop running, I can then ctr-alt-F2, for example
> and then startx -- :1 . I can then switch back to the original desktop
> via ctr-alt-F7. But how can I then switch back to the second destop?
> ctl-alt-F2 in this example brings me back to the shell. I tried all of
> the other combos, I think.
Assuming the second X server is still running (which is probably true
if the shell prompt hasn't come back on F2), it's likely running on
ctr-alt-F8. That's the case for me with Fedora, at least; SuSE may do
things a bit differently.
reid