In message <Pine.GSO.3.93.970502152228.10415D-100000@stingray.ivision.co.uk>
          Jasper Wallace <jasper@ivision.co.uk> wrote:

> > In message <6472b78347@tonyh.tcp.co.uk>,
> >      Tony Houghton wrote:
> >
> > > I got X to start up, but it only got as far as displaying a frameless
> > > window. The pointer wouldn't move and the window didn't have input
> > > focus, so the machine was effectively locked up and I had to reset,
> > > slightly corrupting the drive :-(.
>
> you can use alt-F<n> to change back to a virtual console -

Even if there's no input focus?

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