Re: determining active console
In a message dated 2/27/03 1:01:23 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On 2003-02-27 17:58, Hanspeter Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 27 at 15:48, Giorgos Keramidas spoke: > > > On 2003-02-27 12:39, Hanspeter Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > how can I determine the active console? > > > > > > Use the tty(1) command: > > > > But this seems to yield the tty from which the command was launched. > > So if I do > > > > sleep 9; tty > > Hmmm, this is the "definition" of a virtual console. You can run > long-running commands on one and still switch to another. > > > and then switch to an another console, that `tty` yields the tty > > that was active when the command line was started. > > Yep. That's the idea. > > > But I'd like to know the console that has got the keyboard focus by > > switching with --. > > So, run "tty" on the console *after* switching to it :-) > > This may be somthing you can add to your prompt. Depending on your shell of course cdw To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: determining active console
In the last episode (Feb 27), Hanspeter Roth said: > On Feb 27 at 15:48, Giorgos Keramidas spoke: > > On 2003-02-27 12:39, Hanspeter Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > how can I determine the active console? > > > > Use the tty(1) command: > > But I'd like to know the console that has got the keyboard focus by > switching with --. Use the undocumented VT_GETACTIVE ioctl on stdin (or anything else connected to a vty) which will return the active vty number. You can also disable vty switching, programmatically switch to a particular vty, and do other neat stuff. Take a look at /usr/src/usr.sbin/vidcontrolfor usage examples and /usr/src/sys/dev/syscons/syscons.c for all the possible ioctls. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: determining active console
On 2003-02-27 17:58, Hanspeter Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 27 at 15:48, Giorgos Keramidas spoke: > > On 2003-02-27 12:39, Hanspeter Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > how can I determine the active console? > > > > Use the tty(1) command: > > But this seems to yield the tty from which the command was launched. > So if I do > > sleep 9; tty Hmmm, this is the "definition" of a virtual console. You can run long-running commands on one and still switch to another. > and then switch to an another console, that `tty` yields the tty > that was active when the command line was started. Yep. That's the idea. > But I'd like to know the console that has got the keyboard focus by > switching with --. So, run "tty" on the console *after* switching to it :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: determining active console
On Feb 27 at 15:48, Giorgos Keramidas spoke: > On 2003-02-27 12:39, Hanspeter Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > how can I determine the active console? > > Use the tty(1) command: But this seems to yield the tty from which the command was launched. So if I do sleep 9; tty and then switch to an another console, that `tty` yields the tty that was active when the command line was started. But I'd like to know the console that has got the keyboard focus by switching with --. -Hanspeter To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: determining active console
On 2003-02-27 12:39, Hanspeter Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > how can I determine the active console? Use the tty(1) command: : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:47]/home/giorgos$ tty : /dev/ttyv1 : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:47]/home/giorgos$ /dev/ttyv0 is the first virtual console, ttyv1 the second, etc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
determining active console
Hello, how can I determine the active console? -Hanspeter To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
