Riny Qian wrote: > 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.
Think about this from the users perspective though, particularly a user familiar with Linux or BSD. IIRC on those systems if I prese Alt+F1 it goes to the first place I can login. It is also for them the console (right ?). So thats my first login. I then press Alt+F2 and login again, and so on. So why should I press Alt+F1 to go to my second login and Alt+h or Alt+SysRq to go to the first one. That seems confusing. The fact that the system console is somewhat special doesn't in my opinion mean it shouldn't be Alt+F1. I would however very much like to here opinions of other people, particularly those with more recent Linux or BSD experience than I have. -- Darren J Moffat
