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From: karish@forel.stanford.edu (Chuck Karish)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Re: exiting from xinit under AIX2.2.1
Summary: <CTRL>-<ALT>-<BACKSPACE>
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Date: 29 Apr 89 08:37:31 GMT
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In article <4773@umd5.umd.edu> dzoey@umd5.umd.edu (Joe Herman) wrote:
>Hello, I recently put up X-windows under AIX 2.2.1...

>When I exit aixterm, the grey X-windows screen
>appears, but I no longer have any session manager or window in which
>to type.

<CTRL>-<ALT>-<BACKSPACE> kills the X server.

>I have to log in from another host and kill the xterm
>process to get the console back.

<ALT>-<ACTION> will drop you into the console window.  There's no need
to go through another machine.  It's possible to use multiple virtual
terminals in addition to the console window and the X environment.  Try
the 'open' command.

Commands running in aixterm windows may block waiting to write to the
screen while the windows are hidden or X is switched out by
<ALT>-<ACTION>.  The virtual terminals don't block; just like a real
terminal, they scroll merrily away whether or not you're looking at
them.

	Chuck Karish		{decwrl,hpda}!mindcrf!karish
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