Alan Coopersmith 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. >> >>What's your opinion? > > > It will be very difficult to find keys outside of the Alt + F* set that > are available on everyone's keyboard (Alt+Front is probably available, > but not on non-Sun keyboards) and don't conflict with someone's application. >
Now since it's very difficult to find keys outside of the Alt + F* set, we'll change to use "Alt + F1" for the system console (the first login console), which can also be called as the first virtual console, and "Alt + F2", "Alt + F3" for other virtual consoles. Then we'll have five virtual console login prompts beside the system console. (So that Xserver can be switched to via "Alt + F7".) # svcs | grep login online 17:49:11 svc:/system/console-login:default online 17:49:11 svc:/system/console-login:vt2 online 17:49:11 svc:/system/console-login:vt3 online 17:49:11 svc:/system/console-login:vt4 online 17:49:11 svc:/system/console-login:vt5 online 17:49:11 svc:/system/console-login:vt6 The system console ttymon will still run on /dev/console, and virtual consoles ttymon will run on /dev/vt/# (# is 2 to 6). /dev/vt/1 is same as /dev/wscons for the workstation console. /dev/vt1 will be mapped to minor 0 for wc; /dev/vt2 will be mapped to minor 1 for wc; and so on.
