[luau] Re: VC switching under Redhat 9

[Eric Jeschke]

Just in case anyone else is experiencing this problem, I found an intrim
solution: the "chvt" command allows you to change VCs from an Xterm.

--Eric

Eric Jeschke
http://redskiesatnight.com/

On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, Eric Jeschke wrote:

| Last night I upgraded one of my systems from Redhat 8 to Redhat 9.
| Everything seems groovy except that I cannot switch virtual consoles
| under X any more, as I could under 8.
| 
| A little experimentation shows that it will allow this if I am logged in
| as root.  It does not matter whether I am running Gnome or KDE if I am
| logged in as an ordinary user.
| 
| I tried putting the following in my XF86Config:
| Section "ServerFlags"
|         Option  "DontVTSwitch"          "off"
|         Option  "DontZap"               "off"
| EndSection
| 
| A review of the X log file shows the directives are affirmed, but I am
| still not allowed to switch VCs.
| 
| My guess is that this is a "security" setting that is buried below X in
| the system itself.  I cannot find a configuration option for it in any
| of the system configuration dialogs.
| 
| Anyone know how I can fix this?  I gotta have VC switching.  My wife and
| I run simultaneous X sessions on this box and just switch to our desktop
| when we walk up to the machine--very handy.
| 
| Other than that Redhat 9 is great.  It seems noticably faster than
| Redhat 8.  OpenOffice loads MUCH quicker.
| 
| --Eric
| 
| Eric Jeschke
| http://redskiesatnight.com/