just perusing the code from /etc/rc.sysinit, and i'm curious about
the function of the lines:
> /dev/tty$i
for values of "i" gleaned from the mingetty lines from /etc/inittab (1
thru 6 by default). what does that redirection accomplish? i vaguely
recall it initializes the initial virtual consoles but i don't
remember in what way.
also, just after that, there's the code:
if [ $last -gt 0 ]; then
> /dev/tty$((last+1))
> /dev/tty$((last+2))
fi
and this does *what* for the next couple virtual consoles? and why
only two of them? i'm guessing it has something to do with
initializing the next two VCs to handle an X session, but does that
mean you can't have more than two X sessions unless you change this?
rday
