why my systems hang?

[David Symons]

on 23/10/06 20:37 smithveg said the following:
> Ya, the 'hang' i means, i whole system hang, including the screen saver.
> I know what to press in ctrl-alt-F1 and ctrl-alt-F7.
>
> Can you desctibe to me what is the meaning? Is that something like
> ctrl-alt-delete function in windows?
>
> If no, what's the purposes of ctrl-alt-F1 and ctrl-alt-F7, and whatis
> the substitude key for ctrl-alt-delete in windows.

Hi,

The X Server environment runs on virtual console 7. Hitting ctrl-alt-F1
switches to the first virtual console and ctrl-alt-F7 switches back to
console 7.  It seems that doing this 'wakes up' the X server.

This page has some more information on the consoles:
    http://www.dbaoncall.net/references/ref_linux_console.html

No it's not the same as windows' ctrl-alt-delete.  As far as I know
there is no Linux equivalent (<braces for cluebat onslaught>).

Cheers, Dave.

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David Symons
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