Subject: Re: Simple XF4 question: switch to TTY
From: Patrick Callahan (pac1@tiac.net)
Date: Sun Nov 11 2001 - 19:03:54 MST
Switching between consoles: ctrl-alt f1 through ctrl-alt f7
> Where can I look at this functionality? That is, where in the source
> code is this set up?
>
What are these?
from ps -aux
root 608 0.0 0.0 1376 568 tty1 S 16:40 0:00 /sbin/mingetty
tty1
root 609 0.0 0.0 1376 568 tty2 S 16:40 0:00 /sbin/mingetty
tty2
root 610 0.0 0.0 1376 568 tty3 S 16:40 0:00 /sbin/mingetty
tty3
root 611 0.0 0.0 1376 568 tty4 S 16:40 0:00 /sbin/mingetty
tty4
root 612 0.0 0.0 1376 568 tty5 S 16:40 0:00 /sbin/mingetty
tty5
root 613 0.0 0.0 1376 568 tty6 S 16:40 0:00 /sbin/mingetty
tty6
From man mingetty:
mingetty is a minimal getty for use on virtual consoles. Unlike
agetty(8), mingetty is not suitable for serial lines. I recommend using
mgetty(8) for this purpose.
Was this tty7?
root 614 0.0 0.1 4428 1500 ? S 16:40 0:00 /usr/bin/gdm
-nodaemon
is /usr/bin/gdm the login process?
Since mingetty is the program running on each virtual console, is running
mingetty enough to create the virtual console itself?
What then allows the ctrl-alt f keys to switch between them. Is it a part of
the kernel? or does each virtual console know about the others?
What happens when you try to start another mingetty? Does it show up when
you press ctrl-alt-f8? Not that I've been able to do with command
/sbin/mingetty tty8
/sbin/mingetty /dev/tty8
-pat
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