Darren J Moffat wrote: > Riny Qian wrote: > >>Darren J Moffat wrote: >> >>>Riny Qian wrote: >>> >>> >>>>All, >>>> >>>>Currently we propose "Alt+h" or "Alt+SysRq" for switching to the system >>>>console, and "Alt+F#" for switching to virtual consoles, because the >>>>system console is special. And we also want to keep a little >>>>compatibility with older Solaris with virtual console feature. >>>> >>>>Someone may think that "Alt+h" or "Alt+SysRq" is unnecessarily >>>>inconsistent with the other virtual consoles, and think it should be >>>>"Alt + F1" for switching to the system console. >>> >>>I think Alt + F1 should go to the first VT. Wither VT1 is the >>>system console or not depends on the consadm(1M) configuration, right? >>> >> >>It's out of consadm(1M) scope. consadm is only able to add/remove >>serial/modem tty into the auxiliary console devices. >> >>We have the system console and virtual consoles on Solaris. >>consadm can be enhanced to support adding virtual consoles into >>the auxiliary console devices list if really needed. >> >>The system console is special, we need some key sequences to >>switch to the system console. Alt + F# is just for virtual consoles, >>and Alt + F1 goes to the first VT. > > > What does Linux do ?
On Linux, the system console will always go to the current active vt; and there's only "Alt + F#" for vts. > > I thought, but it has been a while at Alt+F1 went to > /dev/console and Alt+F2 went to the first non system console vt > etc. Since the system console (/dev/console) is somewhat special on Solaris, it looks confused to me that "Alt + F1" goes to the system console, instead of the first vt. > > I don't see any reason we need to be different to Linux > here - or is what you are proposing what they currently > do ? > > >>>I don't see any reason to be incompatible with other >>>systems that have the same functionality. >>> >>>I also don't think we should use Alt+h or Alt+SysRq. If I >>>remember correctly Alt+SysRq is/was used on Linux for some >>>other functionality. Alt+h just seems to generic and more like >>>an application specific key combination. >> >>Then "Alt + Home" or what else? > > > Definitely not Alt+Home that really looks like some thing an Emacs > user would have bound to something (I used to do Emacs > but I'm a vim user now). > > Why isn't Alt+F1 what goes to the console ? > If no other possible key sequences for the system console, we may have to use "Alt+F1" for it, and others for vts.
