switching consoles

[Ann Parsons]

Hi all,

Kaare,

you want to try the right command, not the wrong one for this task. 

>>>>> "kaare" == kaare  <kaare at rogers.com> writes:

    kaare> Hi folks, I haven't been able to find out why this happens
    kaare> so any helps would be appreciated. I try to use the
    kaare> alt-1-2-3 keys to switch consoles both as root and as my
    kaare> user account however it won't move from tty 1, I really
    kaare> want to run multiple tasks but <shrugs>. 

You want alt-f1 alt-f2 and so on, not alt-1 alt-2 and so on.

Ann P.

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