Ahhhh..... got it.
Can you also use these vt's as another user??? Now I'm really beginning to see
the power if Linux. Isn't much with modems but is great as a multi-user OS.
This also brings up a question..... is this the definition of vt in vt100????
I'll go back through Richard's message and re-read it.
Sorry about the confusion.
Thanks
Greg Olszewski wrote:
> >
> > > Can you use other terminals ??
> >
> > Define other "terminals".
> >
> In a standard installation of linux, after the system has booted, the first
> process init will make 6 copies of the login prompt and attach each one to a
> virtual terminal (or vt). When you are logging in as root, you are logging in
> on the first one, which is tty1. there's also tty2-6. You can get to these
> by pressing the alt key and one of the F keys. F1 for the first, F2 for the
> second and so on.. So even if something is hung in one terminal, you can flip
> over to another, as the system is not dead..
>
> hope that clears it up to some degree
> have fun
>
> greg
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> this is not here
