On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:06:01 -0500 (EST), Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > "> file" is equivalent to "cp /dev/null file", which means the contents of the file is cleared probably those lines are there to clear the ttys before spawning a login prompt on them. -- andrei P.S.: OS/400 Rulez.
