Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #198
From: Digestifier <Linux-Misc-Request@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>
To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU
Reply-To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU
Date:     Wed, 1 Jun 94 10:13:10 EDT

Linux-Misc Digest #198, Volume #2                 Wed, 1 Jun 94 10:13:10 EDT

Contents:
  Connecting 2 Linux boxes, how...? (Jayaputera Glenn Tesla)
  Linux USENET newsgroup stats, April 94 (Matt Welsh)
  Can Dosemu run DOOM? (Jerome Kaidor)
  octave & gnuplot (David E. Fox)
  Problems with Quantum AT-Bus HDs? (Hans Georg von Zezschwitz)
  Re: Best 16 port serial I/O expansion box to use with Linux? (Byron A Jeff)
  PCI video cards ? (Andre M.A. van Leeuwen)
  Xconfig file for Gateway Colorbook (Steve Roggenkamp)
  Re: retire Linux drive (Mike Baptiste P275)
  EtherLink III or SMC Ultra Plus summary (MUI-KIM NG)
  Re: Looking for Linux BBS Software (green@ids.net)
  Re: XFree86 question (Miguel Alvarez Blanco)

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From: tesla@numbat.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (Jayaputera Glenn Tesla)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Connecting 2 Linux boxes, how...?
Date: 1 Jun 94 10:36:03 GMT

Hi...
  First pardon me if this is an FAQ.  If so please advice me where to get
  it so I can read it.
 
  I would like to get some advise on the following since this is pretty
  new to me.  I would like to have the following systems at home (they
  both will be running Linux btw)
 
     ____________              ___________________
    |  System #1 |            |       System #2   |
    | Development|<---------->|  News/Mail Server | ----> To Internet
    |____________|            |___________________|       Using SLIP
 
  I would like to have a dedicated News/Mail server on System #2, which is
  connected to Internet via SLIP.  I do not plan to feed all the news, just
  the ones I am interested in.  With that respect, I think I could use
  386DX-40 with around 200M HD and 4M RAM. On System #1, since I am going
  to use it for X development, I have a much more better system.  My
  questions however, are:
 
  1. Would the configuration for System #2 enough (as explained above).
  2. The most important this is, how do I connect System #1 and System #2.
     Via serial, parallel or ethernet?  Where can I find more information
     regarding this?
 
Many thanks in advance
  glenn
 


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From: mdw@cs.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh)
Subject: Linux USENET newsgroup stats, April 94
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 1994 01:42:09 GMT

Keeping in line with Linus' old tradition...

Below is an excerpt from Brian Reid's USENET readership report for
April. (May's should be posted soon.) Comp.os.linux.announce is now
in the top 100 newsgroups, with approximately 160,000 readers worldwide.
It is also the #1 comp.os.* newsgroup. Several other related newsgroups 
are shown for context.

Of the Linux newsgroups, we have: (Fields explained below)

  95 160000  1164   75%   151  1488.9     2%  0.01   2.6%  comp.os.linux.announce 
 248 110000   830   70%  5169  7357.4     6%  0.06   1.9%  comp.os.linux.help 
 260 110000   810   72%  2351  3075.4    19%  0.03   1.8%  comp.os.linux.misc 
 430  89000   657   70%  1344  2282.9     4%  0.02   1.5%  comp.os.linux.development 
 469  86000   633   69%  1504  2408.6    10%  0.03   1.4%  comp.os.linux.admin 
 989  55000   404   55%   153   222.2    20%  0.00   0.9%  comp.os.linux 
1764  30000   225   39%    96   112.0    20%  0.00   0.5%  alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions 
1906  28000   205   31%    52    45.8    27%  0.00   0.5%  alt.os.linux 
2896  10000    75   15%  1468  2477.0     4%  0.05   0.2%  de.comp.os.linux 
3132   6800    50   13%    72    81.1    18%  0.00   0.1%  aus.computers.linux 


        +-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide.
        |     +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population
        |     |     +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all
        |     |     |      +-- Recent traffic (messages per month)
        |     |     |      |      +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month)
        |     |     |      |      |      +-- Crossposting percentage
        |     |     |      |      |      |    +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/rdr
        |     |     |      |      |      |    |      +-- Share: % of newsrders
        |     |     |      |      |      |    |      |   who read this group.
        V     V     V      V      V      V    V      V
   1 800000  5937   90%    57   333.0    59%  0.00  13.5%  news.announce.newusers 
  15 260000  1955   86%  2566  4047.1    11%  0.02   4.4%  comp.lang.c 
  17 250000  1872   85%  1528  2093.4    15%  0.01   4.2%  comp.unix.questions 

  95 160000  1164   75%   151  1488.9     2%  0.01   2.6%  comp.os.linux.announce 

 124 140000  1057   82%   453   292.6    52%  0.00   2.4%  comp.unix.misc 

 248 110000   830   70%  5169  7357.4     6%  0.06   1.9%  comp.os.linux.help 
 260 110000   810   72%  2351  3075.4    19%  0.03   1.8%  comp.os.linux.misc 

 419  90000   666   77%   256   210.4    42%  0.00   1.5%  comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit 

 430  89000   657   70%  1344  2282.9     4%  0.02   1.5%  comp.os.linux.development 

 432  88000   653   82%   162   211.3    30%  0.00   1.5%  comp.unix.internals 

 469  86000   633   69%  1504  2408.6    10%  0.03   1.4%  comp.os.linux.admin 

 522  81000   595   79%   136   139.1    34%  0.00   1.4%  comp.os.mach 

 989  55000   404   55%   153   222.2    20%  0.00   0.9%  comp.os.linux 
1764  30000   225   39%    96   112.0    20%  0.00   0.5%  alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions 
1906  28000   205   31%    52    45.8    27%  0.00   0.5%  alt.os.linux 
2896  10000    75   15%  1468  2477.0     4%  0.05   0.2%  de.comp.os.linux 
3132   6800    50   13%    72    81.1    18%  0.00   0.1%  aus.computers.linux 

mdw

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From: jkaidor@synoptics.com (Jerome Kaidor)
Subject:   Can Dosemu run DOOM?
Reply-To: jkaidor@synoptics.com
Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 20:31:08 GMT


      Well, can it?  Or do I still need a dos partition on my 2nd
Linux box?

                           - Jerry Kaidor



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Crossposted-To: comp.graphics.gnuplot
From: root@belvedere.sbay.org (David E. Fox)
Subject: octave & gnuplot
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 1994 01:08:38 GMT

In an earlier article in comp.graphics.gnuplot, I scribbled the following:

: Although octave plots all right when running under X, it has serious
: difficulties when using VGA.  Most of the time I get either no output when
: doing 'set terminal linux vga' or variations thereof, or a broken pipe
: message.  Other times, gnuplot is telling me that I'm not running in a
: graphics capable console.

The trouble was that my gnuplot binary was too old. I retrieved a newer
gnuplot binary for Linux from sunsite.unc.edu and it works much better
now. (gplotbin.tgz on sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/apps/math).

However, some people should be careful using this gplotbin.tgz binary if
they are using X.  It requires a gnuplot_x11 file not present in the
binary. Luckily, it was present in the older gnuplot binary, though.
-- 
David Fox                       root@belvedere.sbay.org
5479 Castle Manor Drive
San Jose, CA 95129              Thanks for letting me change
408/253-7992                    magnetic patterns on your hard disk.

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From: 1zezschw@rzdspc2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Hans Georg von Zezschwitz)
Subject: Problems with Quantum AT-Bus HDs?
Date: 1 Jun 94 02:08:05 GMT

Hello!

From Linux 0.99.14, when I joined the community, till 1.1.16 I am still
having one major problem:
My HD (Quantum 520 MB AT-Bus) produces regular HD-Resets, sometimes (1:2)
followed by a system-crash. This problems occurs irregularly, but is 
depending on the quantity of data that is transferred by the hard-disk.
(E.g.: When calling "gcc" under OpenWindows (8 MB RAM) the swapping
often forces a crash down). Quite often GCC stops its work with a
"caught signal 11" message.

I am far beyond accusing LINUX itsself for this problem. But when a friend
of mine told me, Quantum HDs are not really familar with LINUX, I started
accusing my harddisk. (I replaced the controller already - nothing changed).

I really hated idiots who claim a company to produce incompatible hardware
just because they can't read manuals. But I wonder if other members of the
community of Linux and community of Quantum join my problems?

Thanks,

Georg v.Zezschwitz
University of Hamburg


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From: byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff)
Subject: Re: Best 16 port serial I/O expansion box to use with Linux?
Date: 31 May 1994 22:27:24 -0400

In article <2sfc0r$fi0@barnacle.iol.ie>, Barry Flanagan <barryf@iol.ie> wrote:
>Michael N Milde (mmilde@hubcap.clemson.edu) wrote:
>
>: I need to add 16 serial ports to my PC.  I'll be running Linux and want
>: to know what serial I/O expansion box works well with it.  What are your
>: suggestions and/or experiences?
>
>I'd highly recommend instead using a terminal server (we use the Xylogics
>Annex3 and I can't say enough good about it!). This will allow serial 
>connections to any device on the network, and also has great security, 
>rock-solid SLIP/PPP and lots more.

Agreed.

>
>A little more expensive at first than a good multi-serial card, but it 
>will pay you back every day in performance and versitility.

Please define "a little more"? We've bought LanTronics 16 ports at
work and they're $2100 each. For that price it's possible to put together
between 32 and 48 ports using frugally configured Linux boxes and multiport
cards. Especially when monitors and hard disks are not necessary. 
Someone priced the Boca 2016 at about $235 + $80 for the expansion unit.

Now you'll pay in setup costs. The Lantronics come out the box, on the net,
5 minutes to configure, and off they go. A Linux box with a similer config
will take some serious effort. However unless the Xylogics are a bunch cheaper 
than the Lantronics I think "a little more" is a bit off.

BAJ
-- 
---
Another random extraction from the mental bit stream of...
Byron A. Jeff - PhD student operating in parallel - And Using Linux!
Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332   Internet: byron@cc.gatech.edu

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From: leeuw@cwi.nl (Andre M.A. van Leeuwen)
Subject: PCI video cards ?
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 1994 11:31:52 GMT

-- 

Hello all,

I am on the verge of buying a Pentium based machine with a PCI motherboard.
Some of the people selling this stuff told me that some PCI videocards
are different from their ISA or VL counterparts, e.g., they need different
drivers for Windows NT. As I want a videocard of which the accelerated
features are supported by XFree86 I'd like to know of anyone who has a real
PCI card that works. Please send your report of success or failure (including
a description of your complete setup) to:

leeuw@cwi.nl

I will post a summary later on.

BTW: I read the PCI howto, so don't tell me to RTFM.

Greetings,

Andre.



 =================================================
|Drs. Andre M.A. van Leeuwen          leeuw@cwi.nl|
|Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI)|
|Kruislaan 413, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands|
 =================================================

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From: sroggen@infinet.com (Steve Roggenkamp)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Xconfig file for Gateway Colorbook
Date: 1 Jun 1994 11:34:19 GMT

Here is my Xconfig file for a Gateway Colorbook computer.  My 
computer's configuration:  486DX33, 4mb memory, standard video system.

I made modifications to the standard Xconfig file until it worked.  If 
you can improve it, please let me know.

Steve

=========== cut here ========================== cut here ===================
#
# Copyright 1990,91 by Thomas Roell, Dinkelscherben, Germany.
# Copyright 1992,93 by David Dawes, David Wexelblat
#
# Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software 
# and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, 
# provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and 
# that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in 
# supporting documentation, and that the names of the above listed authors 
# not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of 
# the software without specific, written prior permission.  The above 
# listed authors make no representations about the suitability of this 
# software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or 
# implied warranty.
#
# THE ABOVE LISTED AUTHORS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS 
# SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND 
# FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE LISTED AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR 
# ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER 
# RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF 
# CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN 
# CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
#
# Author:  Thomas Roell, roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
#
# Extensive modifications by the XFree86 Core Team

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the Xconfig(4/5) man page for details about the format of 
# this file. This man page is installed as /usr/X386/man/man5/Xconfig.5x 
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Generic parameters section
# **********************************************************************

#
# some nice paths, to avoid conflicts with other X-servers
#
RGBPath         "/usr/X386/lib/X11/rgb"

#
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
#
FontPath        "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath        "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath        "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath        "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
# FontPath      "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"

#
# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is 
# received.  This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging
#
# NoTrapSignals

# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

#
# Enable this to use the XQUEUE driver for keyboard and mouse handling
# under System V.  This may go away in the future.
#
# Note - If you use XQUEUE, you must comment out the keyboard and
#        mouse definitions.
#
# Xqueue

#
# Keyboard and various keyboard-related parameters
#
Keyboard
  AutoRepeat 500 5
  ServerNumLock
#  Xleds      1 2 3
#  DontZap
#
# To set the LeftAlt to Meta, RightAlt key to ModeShift, 
# RightCtl key to Compose, and ScrollLock key to ModeLock:
# 
#  LeftAlt     Meta
#  RightAlt    ModeShift
#  RightCtl    Compose
#  ScrollLock  ModeLock

#
# Mouse definition and related parameters
#
Microsoft "/dev/mouse"
#  BaudRate     9600
#  SampleRate   150
Emulate3Buttons

# **********************************************************************
# Graphics drivers
# **********************************************************************

#
# The 8-bit colour SVGA driver
#
VGA256

#
# To disable SpeedUp, use NoSpeedUp
#
#  NoSpeedUp

  Virtual       640 400
  ViewPort      0 0
  Modes         "640x400"

# 
# The 16-colour VGA driver
#
VGA16
  Virtual       640 400
  Viewport      0 0 
  Modes         "640x400"

#
# The 1-bit mono SVGA driver
#
VGA2

  Virtual       640 400
  ViewPort      0 0
  Modes         "640x400"
#  Modes        "800x600" "640x480"

#
# The Hercules driver.  For Hercules, the only valid configuration option
# is ScreenNo (refer to the manual page).
#
# HGA2

#
# The alternate monochrome driver.  Refer to the XF86_Mono manual page.
#
# BDM2

# 
# The accelerated servers (S3, Mach32, Mach8, 8514)
#
#ACCEL
#
#  Virtual      1024 768
#  Viewport     0 0
#  Modes                "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
#
#
# For boards with a programmable clock generator, you use a line like:
#
# Clocks "icd2061a"

# **********************************************************************
# Database of video modes
# **********************************************************************


ModeDB
# Each mode is at its maximum frequency; higher frequencies result in

# either violating max KHz, so the window isn't wide enough, or in
# screens too far left to grow to fit the screen without falling off
# the right side of the displayable region.
#
#       640x480        104Hz    grow a lot
#       800x600         73Hz    grow some
#       1024x768        71Hz    grow some, shift slightly left and dow
#       1024x864        64Hz    grow some
#       1152x900        60Hz    grow some
#
#    name    clock   horizontal timing       vertical timing      flags
  "640x400"   25     640  680  776  800    400  412  414  449
# "800x600"   45     800  808  840  992    600  601  603  619
# "1024x768"  72    1024 1040 1080 1280    768  769  771  790
# "1024x864"  72    1024 1040 1080 1280    864  865  867  886
# "1152x900"  80    1152 1184 1228 1448    900  901  903  922
#
# Refer to README.Config, modeDB.txt, and VideoModes.doc for actual
# modes, and information on how to calculate and adjust them.  
#
# DO NOT BLINDLY USE VIDEO MODES WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU ARE
# DOING.  IT IS POSSIBLE TO DAMAGE THE MONITOR.  THE XFree86 CORE TEAM
# DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR MONITOR DAMAGE, AS THE DOCUMENTATION
# ACCOMPANYING XFree86 HAS BEEN VERIFIED TO CONTAIN VALID AND SAFE
# MODES, AS LONG AS ONLY ONES WITHIN DOCUMENTED MONITOR SPECIFICATIONS
# ARE USED.
#



--
Steve Roggenkamp      sroggen@infinet.com
Just a Sundae Driver on the Information Superhighway.

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From: heistp@brtph602.bnr.ca (Mike Baptiste P275)
Subject: Re: retire Linux drive
Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 21:07:42 GMT
Reply-To: heistp@rpi.edu

|> How do I get rid of LILO from my boot track. ( I've tried sys.com but,
|> LILO's still there??? )

I believe you can do a "fdisk /mbr" in DOS and your master boot record
will be replaced with the DOS one, eliminating LILO.

====================================================================
|      Pete Heist of NT Bell Northern Research V.O. Support        |
====================================================================

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From: mng@eos.ncsu.edu (MUI-KIM NG)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: EtherLink III or SMC Ultra Plus summary
Date: 1 Jun 1994 02:51:49 GMT

Due to the numerous requests for feedbacks about these cards, I am including
all the replies I have received.

From all the replies I have received, I can safely conclude that both cards
are both superior and supported by linux. However, none of them has specific
drivers to take advantage of their special features.

Thanks for all who replied.

Includes...........................

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In article <2s17gj$ssi@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> you wrote:
: Thanks in advance for anyone who is kind enough to ask this post.

: I need to a pair of ethernet cards but do not know which of the cards are
: better:
:    3COM Etherlink II or SMC Ultra Plus?
: Does linux has the drivers for both cards?

: Thanks
: kim


Well, I've got SMC Ultra Elite16, a 10BASE2 Adapter. Linux has full driver 
support for it. I never had problems with it.
Linux 1.1.0 (my latest Version ) also provides drivers for 3COM Etherlink 
3c501, 3c503, 3c507 and 3c509.
Try 'make config' in /usr/src/linux or look in /usr/src/linux/drivers/net
for more.

Hope, I could help

Attila Toth (attila@aragon.bb.bawue.de)
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Subject: Re: [Q] 3COM Etherlink III or SMC Ultra Plus?
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If you get any interesting answers to your post, could you please forward them to me?

 thanks in advance.

 Robert Altena

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Kim,

In article <2s17gj$ssi@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> you wrote:
: I need to a pair of ethernet cards but do not know which of the cards are
: better:
:    3COM Etherlink II or SMC Ultra Plus?
: Does linux has the drivers for both cards?

Byte liked the 3COM Etherlink III beter than the SMC card, but
I don't think that Linux was one of their test platforms.  I
don't know if the 3COM Etherlink III will work under Linux
(it may well work fine).

I got the SMC cards on the $99 offer and am pleased as punch with 
them.  The Linux drivers do not make full use of the card's
abilities, but the cards are still pretty fast.  

The only down side to the SMC card (and the 3COM card too) is that
if you want to do a soft configuration, you have to use DOS.

Here's a tip if you get the SMC cards: Before you try to use the 
setup program, exclude the range of memory that you want to use
for the ram apature from use by your memory manager.  Microsoft's
emm386 will lock up all of the available memory, resulting in the
install program failing to sellect a ram window.

Tom
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In comp.os.linux.help you write:

>I neethernet cards but do not know which of the cards are
>better:

A test in one of the recent PC magazines of about 100 Ethernet cards
showed that the performance difference is only 10% between the best and the
worst cards. So don't worry and select the card that fits your budget
and has the needed options (which connector, boot prom yes or no, etc).

--Roland           (RolandKwee@ACM.org)
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From: rtm@hamdinger (Ralph T. Muehleisen)
To: mng@eos.ncsu.edu (MUI-KIM NG)
Subject: Re: [Q] 3COM Etherlink III or SMC Ultra Plus?


  I've used 3COM E-link II, E-link III and SMC Ultra Elite Plus.
The Ultra Elite is the fastest - a bit faster than the E-Link III and much
faster than the E-Link II.  I had no problems with the driver for any of the
three.  ( I tested speed by ftping some big files from a HP 9000/700 with
a reasonably quiet network).
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        Ralph Muehleisen
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From: green@ids.net
Subject: Re: Looking for Linux BBS Software
Date: Tue, 31 May 94 18:06:11 GMT

Try sending email to daveco@ids.net - he has one that's halfway decent, I
think...

Andy

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From: miguel@lucy.crs4.it (Miguel Alvarez Blanco)
Subject: Re: XFree86 question
Date: 1 Jun 1994 12:03:21 GMT

In article <Cqps1D.Hs0@info.bris.ac.uk> ccnjb@sun.cse.bris.ac.uk (NJ. Bruton) writes:
>Maarten Remkes (remkes@dynamo.geof.ruu.nl) wrote:
>: Using X, one can shell to a virtual console using CRTL-ALT-F1, ..-F2,
>: etcetera. 
>: But how does one get back into X????
>
>ALT-F7
>
>Nick

  Not necessary. X would take by default the first free VC it finds. If you
have the first 6 occupied (by getty to have a login prompt, ususally), then
is certainly switching to the 7th, the one that X would have taken. But my
system only has 2 VC opened (why should I need more while using X?), and then
it is to the third. Moreover, you can tell X which VC do you want it to run
at, and could be any of them. So, the right answer is: switching back to the
console where X uses, which would be normally the first unused one.

  BTW, VC occupy memory, why should you get 6 instances of getty running
when you'll be OK with one (or two as a last resort, just if something
screws your first one when you are tracking a problem OUT of X)?

  Miguel

    Miguel Alvarez Blanco           |  "All that is gold does not glitter,
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