In the last episode (May 11), Nik Clayton said:
> Is it possible to (from the command line) switch virtual consoles while
> within X?
>
> Since I upgraded X on my laptop resume from suspend has been a little
> flaky. But if I make sure I run 'zzz' from within a text virtual terminal
> the laptop has (so far) always resumed correctly.
>
> I could create ~/bin/zzz which checks to see if I'm in X and refuses to
> run, but it would be even nicer if I could have it automatically switch to
> a virtual console for me, and then run /usr/sbin/zzz.
>
> I'm aware of 'vidcontrol -s <n>', and if I run that from a virtual terminal
> it works. However, if I run it within X it refuses to work, printing:
>
> vidcontrol: must be on a virtual console: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>
> Is there a way around this restriction?
Redirect stdin from a vty:
vidcontrol -s 1 < /dev/ttyv0
If you're not root you'll either need to specify a vty you are logged
in on, or wrap it in a sudo call.
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Dan Nelson
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