On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 03:14 -0400, Michael Hauber wrote: > On Tuesday 05 June 2007 11:23:04 pm Zhang Weiwu wrote: > > Dear list > > > > On Gentoo Linux I used to redirect the output of a certain app > > to /dev/tty10 and switch to tty10 (by using Alt+F10) > > > > this is useful to keep watching the application. > > > > this doesn't work on FreeBSD. I can do > > # ehco hello > /dev/ttyv8 > > # ehco hello > /dev/ttyv9 > > # ehco hello > /dev/ttyva > > > > But Alt+F9, Alt+F10, Alt+F11 only cause the machine to beep > > > > Possible to use /dev/ttyv9 for output device in FreeBSD? Thanks in > > advance. > > > > Best regards > > try 'man ttys' and edit your /etc/ttys.
It doesn't make me nervous when I have to RTFM as I did many times and, now I am RTFMing, but, I got a feeling I am entering a "maze" filled with things I don't know: termcap, bound rate... Anyway this is how I did it after RTFM, stupid but works: 1) go to /etc/gettytab and add this: W|Wd|Wd console:\ :ht:np:al=root:sp#9600: 2) run /usr/libexec/getty Wd ttyv8 3) now you can run your application and redirect to ttyv8 # app > /dev/ttyv8 This is ugly, but it works. I'd very like to see better solutions. If you don't add that line to /etc/gettytab, run /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv8 will get you a ttyv8 console that you can redirect output to, but that console seems ignore carrier return / line feed, making the output difficult to read. P.S. I'd very much like the console ttyv8 can be at a speed of 9600, now it output anything almost instantly, so sometimes I cannot watch the output scroll with my eyes (by the special nature of the application I am running, glance over the output of my application when I am free can help me find a lot of useful information). The application produce less then 20MB of data, so 9600 kbps is a good measure to control the pace of output. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"