[Gllug] how to access virtual consoles?

Sat Nov 23 23:15:12 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...

> Thanks
> Dermot

Cheers
Richard

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