Re: [gentoo-user] program to view/control virtual terminals (ctrl-alt-f[1-6])

2006-06-29 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Thursday 29 June 2006 03:15, Iain Buchanan wrote: Can anyone think of more suggestions? I'm trying to use these consoles as if I was sitting at the machine, but really I'll be ssh-ing in from somewhere. I could even write something in c if necessary, but my attempts so far don't catch

[gentoo-user] program to view/control virtual terminals (ctrl-alt-f[1-6])

2006-06-28 Thread Iain Buchanan
Hi all, a short while ago I asked about a program to view and interact with the terminals /dev/tty[1-x] that you access by pressing ctrl-alt-f1, for example. something like vnc but for consoles. The suggestions were screen, and showconsole. showconsole only shows output, and doesn't let you

Re: [gentoo-user] program to view/control virtual terminals (ctrl-alt-f[1-6])

2006-06-28 Thread Richard Fish
On 6/28/06, Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The suggestions were screen, and showconsole. showconsole only shows output, and doesn't let you type into it; and screen can't (?) attach to such a virtual console. Screen can definitely attach to a virtual console. I just tried the