[PLUG] How do I get rid of this command line environment?

[Russell Senior]

"both screens" ... you didn't mention that before.  This is a
dual-head set up?  In any case, you've wandered off of any reservation
I have ever visited, so I'm out of ideas.

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 3:36 PM, Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> wrote:
> On 12/21/2017 03:27 PM, Russell Senior wrote:
>>
>> Ctrl-Alt-F7 (and Ctrl-Alt-F8, if you had more than one X11 session
>> going, etc) was the traditional place to find X11.  It might be
>> another one, try them all.  Ctrl-Alt-F1 (and neighbors) is where the
>> text-based ttys live.  They work without X11.
>
>
> Ctrl-Alt-F7 doesn't do anything, nor does Ctrl-Alt-F1 through F6.
>
> Ctrl-Alt-F8 makes both screens go to black. Ctrl-Alt-F7 returns the screens
> to what they were before.
>
> I remember years ago using Ctrl-Alt-F1 through F6 before to get a command
> prompt screen, which I would leave via Ctrl-Alt-F7. I don't recall getting
> this one before, though.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
>
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