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From: brian@apocalypse.saturn.net (Brian Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Virtual Terminal
Date: 14 Jun 1997 21:25:54 GMT
Organization: OEM Networks, Inc.
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In article <EBs4uz.34v@nonexistent.com>, Nathan Dorfman wrote:
>Is it possible to have a vty exist and able to be written to/switched
>to with Alt+Fn but without anything running on it (like getty)? Under
>Linsux I liked to have syslogd do *.* to a vty I didn't use. I can
>accomplish a similar effect by actually running a getty but outputing
>the syslog messages there anyway ... but does anyone know how to do what
>I am asking? I tried various /etc/ttys configurations (2.2.1) and if I
>don't run getty I get a beep when I try to Alt+Fn.

Instead of getty, i run a script that tails the logfiles to my tty.
Then since something is running on the tty, i can switch to it just
fine.