man 4 console > A Linux system has up to 63 virtual consoles (character devices with > major number 4 and minor number 1 to 63), usually called /dev/ttyn with > 1 <= n <= 63. The current console is also addressed by /dev/console or > /dev/tty0, the character device with major number 4 and minor number 0.
Another interesting fact: man 4 tty > The file /dev/tty is a character file with major number 5 and minor > number 0, usually of mode 0666 and owner.group root.tty. It is a syn- > onym for the controlling terminal of a process, if any. It seems to me that /dev/console refers to whatever VT is currently on your screen (if you are in X, then it would seem to refer to the black background that you get when you kill the X-server). /dev/tty can refer to x-terms too. On 2003.07.29 10:25, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > does anybody know what the precise difference is between > > /dev/console (5, 1) > > and > > /dev/ttyX (4, X) > > i've seen a bunch of things on google about this which i just don't > believe. > > char major numbers 4 and 5 are listed as both TTY devices (actually, > major number 5 is an "alternate" TTY device). > > anybody know what the difference is between the "system console" and > "virtual console"? > > i was thinking of adding the line: > > 10:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 console > > and rerunning init, just to see what would happen, but i'm running an > important job on lucifer and don't want to experiment on > satan... ;) > > thanks, > pete > > -- > GPG Instructions: http://www.dirac.org/linux/gpg > GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > -- I usually have a GPG digital signature included as an attachment. If you don't know what it is, either ignore it or visit www.gnupg.org My PGP key was last signed 6/10/2003 please download my key again if it is more recent than your copy. If you use GPG, *please* talk to me to sign it. The key is keyID E2B2CAD1 on pgp.mit.edu
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