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On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 12:43:34PM -0700, Anupam Kapoor wrote: |
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> hi all, |
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> is it possible to limit the number of virtual consoles that are spawned |
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> when a user mode linux kernel boots ? right now, i have 8 virtual |
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> consoles (vc0-vc7) launched when i boot a gentoo uml kernel. |
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try to redirect the uml consoles to pty devices. that way you wont get |
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any xterms cluttering your screen. |
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./linux root=root_fs con=pty con0=xterm |
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> i have tried the following without any success: |
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> - comment out relevant lines from /etc/inittab. this does not |
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> suppress the number of virtual consoles being launched. however, i |
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> get the login prompt on only 1 virtual console. |
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that way it actually should work. |
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> - look for something 'obvious' in scripts in /sbin but i cannot find |
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> anything that might be the culprit. |
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> - i have tried passing con=tty:/dev/pts/XXX. |
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> - tried using deallocvt (as suggested by andrew farmer on gentoo-user), |
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> but it doesn't help. |
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> can you please suggest a place that i can configure this. |
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> also, i tried booting a debian uml kernel and rootfs on a gentoo host |
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> (with appropriate lines commented from /etc/inittab), i get only 1 |
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> virtual console. which is _exactly_ what i want. |
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maybe it has something to do with devfs. |
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> any help will be greatly appreciated. |
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> thank you |
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> kind regards |
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> anupam |
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christoph |
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