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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!208.192.192.2!stalker.oem.net!brian From: brian@apocalypse.saturn.net (Brian Mitchell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Virtual Terminal Date: 14 Jun 1997 21:25:54 GMT Organization: OEM Networks, Inc. Lines: 13 Message-ID: <slrn5q6315.74.brian@apocalypse.saturn.net> References: <EBs4uz.34v@nonexistent.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: apocalypse.saturn.net X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42980 In article <EBs4uz.34v@nonexistent.com>, Nathan Dorfman wrote: >Is it possible to have a vty exist and able to be written to/switched >to with Alt+Fn but without anything running on it (like getty)? Under >Linsux I liked to have syslogd do *.* to a vty I didn't use. I can >accomplish a similar effect by actually running a getty but outputing >the syslog messages there anyway ... but does anyone know how to do what >I am asking? I tried various /etc/ttys configurations (2.2.1) and if I >don't run getty I get a beep when I try to Alt+Fn. Instead of getty, i run a script that tails the logfiles to my tty. Then since something is running on the tty, i can switch to it just fine.