On Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Ralph W. Reid wrote: > Have you tried using the right alt key with your function keys to see > if these key combinations get you to tty13-tty25? On my Slackware > system, left_alt+functionkey<n> lets me jump to virtual terminal <n> > and right_alt+functionkey<n> lets me jump to virtual terminal <n>+12 > to get me to terminals 13-24. That is the altgar combination which I posted about finding later in the day. Useful indeed. > deallocvt for more terminal management. The screen program can also > be useful at times--it sets up several 'screens' on a single virtual > terminal among other things. See the man page for screen. I believe Yes, screen is marvelous. Even better than its multiple sessions, is the attach detach feature set. Luke
