[ale] /dev/tty0

[Ken Nagorski]

Hi there,

	Just a quick question. Wouldn't you only ever care about
/dev/console? I thought the kernel took care of sending things to
/dev/console wherever it my may be attached such as a serial port or
whatever...

Thanks
Ken




 On Thu, 17 May 2001, James Kinney wrote:

> <homer>Oooo! They have documentation!? Doh! </homer>
> 
> On Thu, 17 May 2001, Dunlap, Randy wrote:
> 
> > Doesn't anybody read documentation any more?  I guess not.  :(
> >
> > See linux/Documentation/devices.txt:
> >   /dev/tty0 is the _current_ virtual console
> >   /dev/tty1... are the first...Nth virtual consoles
> >
> >
> > ~Randy________________________503-677-5408_____
> > -----------------------------------------------
> >
> > > I thought tty0 was the keyboard/console and the higher ttyx's were
> > > displays.
> >
> > > > Where is /dev/tty0?  Is it ALT-F1?   Usually tty1 is ALT-F1.
> > > >
> > > > Or is tty0 also console and all that goes to tty1?  Or does
> > > > tty1 and tty0
> > > > have sperate FDs and go to same physical screen?
> >
> 
> 

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