[ale] top on console

[Jim Popovitch]

On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 20:08 -0500, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-11-17 at 20:38 -0500, Michael Still wrote:
> > I suppose you can modify /etc/inittab and replace the getty on the first VC.
> > 
> > Maybe replace this:
> > 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
> > with this:
> > 1:2345:respawn:/bin/sudo -u nobody /usr/bin/top
> > 
> > I haven't done this or tested it though.
> 
> Thanks Mike, that worked well.

Follow-up question:  Is there anyway to prevent the console from
blanking?  I do understand why it blanks, but this is a vmware session
and the host already has a screen saver. ;-)

Thx,

-Jim P.