[Gllug] how to access virtual consoles?

Andrew Halliwell ah at gnd.com
Mon Nov 25 10:11:40 UTC 2002


> On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Dermot Moynihan wrote:
> 
> > I keep reading how if I press ALT+F1 or any F key up to F6 I can get virtual
> > consoles.
> > At the moment when I load SUSE 8.1 from a boot floppy (GRUB) it takes me
> > straight to a login screen and then I end up in KDE. When I hit ALT and the F
> > keys in here I just get menus.
> > So, I'm assuming the ALT F thing is available somewhere before KDE.
> > Basically, I want to learn the command line without having to wait for KDE to
> > do it's thing every time I boot up.
> > Any ideas?
> 
> Shirt+Alt+Fn works from X...

I don't have a shirt key :)
I think you mean CTRL...

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