Get Out Of Jail Free!

[Deedra Waters]

On the topic of gnomb and gnopernicus Does anyone know how far off that
is, how well it's going to work with different things, and how useable it
will be?



On Sun, 19 May 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:

> My last message assumed something that should probably not be
> assumed.
> 
> You need to know how to change consoles.
> 
> By default, you have six that you can have different identities
> in. For example, you can be your ordinary username in consoles 1,
> 3, 4, 5, and 6, but be root in console 2.
> 
> Use Ctrl-Alt plus the first six function keys to switch consoles.
> In other words, Ctrl-Alt-F1 (meaning the function key labeled f1
> to the right of Esc) will take you to console 1, Ctrl-Alt-F2 will
> take you to the second console, etc.
> 
> PS: I give these instructions with Ctrl, because that's what we
> should start getting used to. People who've been doing this with
> just Alt should know that they'll have to add the Ctrl in order
> to get out of X, and Gnopernicus is coming, so it's time to get
> ready.
> 
> 
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> 	
> 				Janina Sajka, Director
> 				Technology Research and Development
> 				Governmental Relations Group
> 				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> 
> Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175
> 
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> Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
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