Re: [Rule-list] Suggestion for modifying XFree86 and Tiny X

[Martin Stricker]

Eugene Wong wrote:

> I do eliminate some of the unused tty's, and I want it to be manual.
> I'll try and give a more specific example. Regular command line
> interfaces will run on f1, f2, and f3. When I type startx [or
> whatever] because I feel like surfing the Internet, XFree86 starts up
> on f4, right? Well, let's say that I'm doing something on f1, but I am
> not finished yet. I'll type startx [or whatever], but the "focus" will
> still remain on f1. I'm finished my work. Now I switch to f4. XFree86
> is all ready to go. I finish surfing the Internet, but want to listen
> to some Real Audio music. So I play it, and switch back to f1 to do
> some other task. XFree86 is still running on f4 and f1 is still
> running the command line interface. During this entire time, f2 & f3
> were busy running whatever programs.

That really is a Good Idea (TM)! But let startx (or whatever) output a
line like "To get to the X screen press [Alt] and [F7] (or whatever
terminal) simultaneously!" so people know what's going on.

<Thinking aloud>What if `startx` would take you to the X terminal while
`startx &` (starting in background) would not?

> Thanks for your reply. I appreciate the fact that someone read it. :-)

I did, and had the same misunderstanding. Happily I read my private mail
only once a day, so my stupid answer didn't make it to the list. ;-))

Best regards,
Martin Stricker
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