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10 years ago I when I used linux, before the days of xwindows, I can remember being non-root and able to logon as root, in another terminal, hack to hearts delight, and switch back and forth between users by using function keys.
I am not able to do this with knome. I can only logout and logon as root and back again(not good).
Any explanition on why would be greatly appreciated.
Distribution: Gentoo, Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat/CentOS
Posts: 719
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you can switch to a virtual term by hitting ctrl-alt-F1 or any func key between 1 and 6 and then hitting ctrl-alt-F7 will return you to xwindows. there is a way to have two x windows sessios open but I don't remember how. If this is what you want post here and I'll check the LUG mailing list archive, I know it's in there somewhere.
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