by Ben Greea » Sun, 07 Sep 1997 04:00:00
Hi. I recently installed Slackware 3.3 on my new machine.
To start up Xwindows I run the 'openwin' command. This gives me
6 virtual screens. On my old machine, I could hit alt-F2, for example,
to switch to the second virtual screen. This no longer works, though
I can always double-click in it with my mouse.
Anyone know where I should begin looking for a solution to this
annoyance?
Thanks,
Ben
by Henrik Storn » Mon, 08 Sep 1997 04:00:00
This is controlled by your window manager, often fvwm. Check out whateverQuote:>To start up Xwindows I run the 'openwin' command. This gives me
>6 virtual screens. On my old machine, I could hit alt-F2, for example,
>to switch to the second virtual screen. This no longer works, though
>I can always double-click in it with my mouse.
>Anyone know where I should begin looking for a solution to this
>annoyance?
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by Trane Franck » Tue, 09 Sep 1997 04:00:00
Try Ctrl-<arrow key> to change virtual desktopsQuote:> Hi. I recently installed Slackware 3.3 on my new machine.
> To start up Xwindows I run the 'openwin' command. This gives me
> 6 virtual screens. On my old machine, I could hit alt-F2, for example,
> to switch to the second virtual screen. This no longer works, though
> I can always double-click in it with my mouse.
> Anyone know where I should begin looking for a solution to this
> annoyance?
trane
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by Jerry Whit » Thu, 11 Sep 1997 04:00:00
> > To start up Xwindows I run the 'openwin' command. This gives me
> > 6 virtual screens. On my old machine, I could hit alt-F2, for example,
> > to switch to the second virtual screen. This no longer works, though
> > I can always double-click in it with my mouse.
> > Anyone know where I should begin looking for a solution to this
> > annoyance?
> Try Ctrl-<arrow key> to change virtual desktops
> under X. If you want to get back to a "regular"
> text-based VC, try Ctrl-Alt-F8, Alt-<console #>.
> Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get back into X again.
> trane
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> // Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
Thanks a million!
That mostly works for me. If I select the background (ie click where
there isn't a window open, then just pressing an arrow key moves me
from desktop to desktop. However, this still requires me to make a grab
for the mouse. What a really want is a way to do it without having
to point and click.
Before, as I mentioned, ALT-F* would navigate me around...I found this
extremely fast and useful.
As an asside, does anyone know if/how one might customize key-combos
under X?
Ben
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