[ale] /dev/tty0

Dunlap, Randy randy.dunlap at intel.com
Thu May 17 16:41:13 EDT 2001


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_____
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> 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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