How to bring up terminal, console, shell?

Ozman · 2009-06-17 09:23

If I press ctrl-alt-f1 while xbmc is running, I just get a blinking cursor. I have to exit xbmc to get to a shell.

Is there a way of bringing up a shell without quitting xbmc?

Thanks

**althekiller** · 2009-06-17 09:37

I'm going to assume you're on about Live, since you didn't specify... Pretty sure xbmc is launched from tty1. Try tty2, I dunno if the extras are disabled or not.

Ozman · 2009-06-18 02:08

althekiller Wrote:I'm going to assume you're on about Live, since you didn't specify... Pretty sure xbmc is launched from tty1. Try tty2, I dunno if the extras are disabled or not.

Yep, crtl-alt-F2 took me to the shell and crtl-alt-F7 took me back to xbmc.

Nod

Thanks

BTW, I am using the svn I d/l 2 days ago.

Ozman Junior Member Posts: 6 Joined: Jun 2009 Reputation: 0	2009-06-17 09:23 Post: #1 If I press ctrl-alt-f1 while xbmc is running, I just get a blinking cursor. I have to exit xbmc to get to a shell. Is there a way of bringing up a shell without quitting xbmc? Thanks
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althekiller Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 4,710 Joined: May 2004 Reputation: 12	2009-06-17 09:37 Post: #2 I'm going to assume you're on about Live, since you didn't specify... Pretty sure xbmc is launched from tty1. Try tty2, I dunno if the extras are disabled or not. Howto post your problem in a useful manner. #xbmc-linux on FreeNode XBMC online-manual, FAQ, search, forum rules, how to submit a bugreport.
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Ozman Junior Member Posts: 6 Joined: Jun 2009 Reputation: 0	2009-06-18 02:08 Success Post: #3 althekiller Wrote:I'm going to assume you're on about Live, since you didn't specify... Pretty sure xbmc is launched from tty1. Try tty2, I dunno if the extras are disabled or not. Yep, crtl-alt-F2 took me to the shell and crtl-alt-F7 took me back to xbmc. Thanks BTW, I am using the svn I d/l 2 days ago.
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