in fact i just found this, which is interesting:
20. Screen dumps setterm -dump *N* will dump the contents of the screen of /dev/tty*N* to a file screen.dump in the current directory. See setterm(1). The current contents of the screen of /dev/tty*N* can be accessed using the device /dev/vcs*N* (where `vcs' stands for `virtual console screen'). For example, you could have a clock program that displays the current time in the upper right hand corner of the console screen (see the program vcstimein kbd-1.04.tar.gz). Just dumping the contents goes with cat /dev/vcs*N*. These device files /dev/vcs*N* do not contain newlines, and do not contain attributes, like colors. From a program it is usually better to use /dev/vcsa*N* (`virtual console screen with attributes') instead - it starts with a header giving the number of rows and columns and the location of the cursor. See vcs(4). from: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO-20.html On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 11:40 AM, grant centauri <[email protected]>wrote: > I can't give your any answers, I've just been pondering how to make it > work. I feel like I had this issue once, and I was able to do either one or > the other with some software that controlled that laptops videocard. its a > vague memory though. > > i wonder if you could pipe the output from /dev/tty1 or whatever to the > device for your VGA output and keep it running in the background or > something. > > i just did sudo cat /dev/vcs1 and got what was printed on my virtual > console 1. it was not in color though. > > Not sure if that helps at all. > > grant > > > On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 4:58 AM, Dan S > <[email protected]<danstowell%[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Hi - >> >> I'm not sure that this is possible: anyone know how to get the virtual >> console to be displayed on the external display as well as on the >> internal one? In other words: I want to NOT use X, but to get the >> virtual console (accessed e.g. by Ctrl+Alt+F1) to appear on my >> laptop's screen (as it normally does) and also projected via the VGA >> output (which it doesn't). >> >> TIA >> Dan >> >> -- >> http://www.mcld.co.uk >> >> --- >> [email protected] >> http://identi.ca/group/puredyne >> irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >> > >
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