On Saturday 05 January 2019 09:33:27 Kenneth Parker wrote: > Hello, > > I first need to Date Myself, by saying that my first Linux > Distribution was Yggdrasil Plug and Play Linux, purchased as a CD in > December, 1992. > > My first impression of Linux, was as a Multi-User Operating System, > with different User Names. So I organized my Working Environment that > way, even after getting Graphical Environments to work. And I made > Usernames, based on Function such as, for example, devel (for Kernel > Development) and hercules (for IBM Mainframe Emulation, such as MVS > 3.8J. Google "Plug and Play MVS" for more information). > > What made Linux special, in my opinion, was this Built-In Multi-User > Multitasking Functionality. > > And it worked fine, all the way from the beginning, by having the > original Init Process Spawning 6 Login Processes (using /bin/login), > that "listen" on /dev/tty1 through /dev/tty7. (And, if a Graphical > Environment is running, it appears to be on /dev/tty7). > > If I was, simply operating in Text Mode, I would switch Virtual > Terminals with Alt-F1 through Alt-F6. If I start something on one of > these Virtual Terminals (i.e. Compiling the Linux Kernel), I would > trust that it would continue to run, while I do something else on > another Virtual Terminal (i.e. using emacs or nano to edit a text > file). > > One "Special Function", which pointed out the "Fly in the Ointment" to > my above description, is Background Music. I LOVE Classical Music, so > I would have a Symphony Movement (mp3 file) playing in the Background, > through the play command (sox package) on one of these Virtual Text > Terminals. > > The reason I am bringing this up now, is that I tried this on Stretch, > with no Graphical Environment, only to have the Music (playing, > through the play command /dev/tty3) *STOP* *COLD* when I used > alt-F4 to switch perspective (say, to /dev/tty4!) > > Looks like SystemD may *NOT* be spawning the 6 Text Login Screens, > like the SysV Init Package did? > > What gives? > > Thank you and best regards, > > Kenneth Parker
Thats unforgivable. And needs fixed asap. But I don't switch to a text screen for such work, I just open a terminal emulator running on x for such as building a program from a tarball. So within the limits of a slower original phenom, my music keeps on playing when I switch x workspaces. Cheers, Gene Heskett --
