Re: Problem with screen blanking

On Monday 30 May 2005 10:23 am, Victor Odhner wrote:
> The X desktop is just another application, over
> and above your basic system, and you virtually
> *always* have access to a command prompt -- in
> fact to several command-prompt windows -- no
> matter how bad things go with X, or in case you
> should decide to shut X down for some reason.
>
> Just type Ctrl-Alt-F1 and log in.
> Want another window?  Try Ctrl-Alt-F2 thru F6
> for up to six different environments you can
> have active at the same time, alongside the
> GUI.

A little tip: If you're ever in X and type Ctrl-Alt-F2 thru F6 to get
to a terminal, type Ctrl-Alt-F7 to go back to an X-window, i.e.
"graphic" environment.

You can set your runlevel to make X (graphic environment) the default
(usually level 4 or 5), or make the command prompt the default
(usually level 2 or 3, depending on your distro). I prefer logging in
from the command prompt, because if X is ever sporked or I want to
change my video driver I can log in properly and tinker with the
X-Configuration settings from a terminal.

I just login at a command prompt with my username and password, then
type "startx" (w/out quotes) to start the X environment (KDE, Gnome,
whatever.)

Siri Amrit
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