[ale] /dev/tty0

[James Kinney]

<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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