Get Out Of Jail Free!

[Janina Sajka]

No, Greg, leave the Ctrl key in. Read the rest of my note to
understand why. You'll thank me after you get Gnopernicus.

On Sun, 19 May 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote:

> This is correct, however, drop the ctrl key.
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 11:43:49PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > On Mon, 20 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote:
> > 
> > > Q: How to become root in another console?
> > 
> > Use Ctrl-Alt-FX (where X is a number 1 to 6) meaning use the
> > function keys on the top row of the qwerty keyboard. You know
> > what function keys are, right?
> > 
> > Use this key cvombination to go to a console where you are not
> > logged in and login as root.
> > 
> > Alternatively, I believe you wrote the other day that you telnet
> > to your linux machine from your Windows machine? Well, if emacs
> > seems to go bad on you, go to your Windows machine and open a
> > telnet session to your Linux machine. Just because emacs isn't
> > talking doesn't mean your machine is dead.
> > 
> > If you're already logged in via telnet from Windows as whatever
> > you use for your username, type:
> > 
> > su -
> > 
> > and provide the root password.
> > 
> > Actually, there's no reason not to open several telnet sessions
> > from your Windows machine. Your Windows is capable of that, isn't
> > it?
> > > Q: How can I read the screen if emacspeak is not speaking? I want to find
> > > out the PID of the process I should kill.
> > > 
> > In a different console or a different telnet session. You can
> > open more than one at a time, you know. This is Linux, not
> > Windows.
> > 
> > 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
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