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#1 2012-11-25 19:19:08

alevinearch
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How to split screen without Xorg?

Hi,

I want to have 2 Terminals open without Xorg or a graphical interface as I am doing this to troubleshoot X (I cannot start it and I need to remove some drivers that are installed). To remove these drivers, I find it to be a good idea to open the list of drivers installed in one terminal, and removing the drivers in another. I could just put the less process in the background and pacman in the foreground, but I do not want to constantly switch. Is there a way I can do this? (Googling it did not work.)

[SOLVED]Tmux kinda worked, but not really. It did get the job done though.

Last edited by alevinearch (2012-11-25 20:32:42)


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#2 2012-11-25 19:21:42

nanix
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Re: How to split screen without Xorg?

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#3 2012-11-25 19:24:13

ewaller
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Re: How to split screen without Xorg?

GNU Screen will do it nicely
I think tmux will as well (I am still learning tmux)

Edit:  Snaked by nanix tongue

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#4 2012-11-25 20:04:11

Trilby
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Re: How to split screen without Xorg?

Also dvtm.

But of the three I definitely prefer tmux.

Last edited by Trilby (2012-11-25 20:04:35)


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#5 2012-11-26 12:40:15

karol
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Re: How to split screen without Xorg?

alevinearch wrote:

[SOLVED]Tmux kinda worked, but not really. It did get the job done though.

If you're happy with the solution, please mark the thread as solved https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130309
If you have questions regarding tmux (to make it really work), you can ask here or open another thread.

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