Hi all, Kaare, you want to try the right command, not the wrong one for this task. >>>>> "kaare" == kaare <kaare at rogers.com> writes: kaare> Hi folks, I haven't been able to find out why this happens kaare> so any helps would be appreciated. I try to use the kaare> alt-1-2-3 keys to switch consoles both as root and as my kaare> user account however it won't move from tty 1, I really kaare> want to run multiple tasks but <shrugs>. You want alt-f1 alt-f2 and so on, not alt-1 alt-2 and so on. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT