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On Sat, Sep 08, 2012 at 10:47:47AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote |
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> Incidentally, I've found out why the system creates many TTYs : |
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> they're the equivalent of GUI workspaces = desktops, |
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> allowing someone working without X to view different files etc. |
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> I'm continually struck by the genius of those who created UNIX in 1969 ... |
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From my slightly modified /etc/inittab |
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# TERMINALS |
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c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux |
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c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux |
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c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux |
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c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux |
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c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux |
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c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux |
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c7:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty7 linux |
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c8:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty8 linux |
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c9:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty9 linux |
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This gives me 8 working ttys. I run startx from tty9, so various |
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logging gets spewed to tty9. It's usable in a pinch, but not for normal |
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use. I run X in tty10, and sometimes as a second user in tty11, even |
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with a different resolution and bit depth. tty12 gets kernel logging |
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stuff spewed to it |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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