On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Andrei Nestor wrote: > 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. but it *doesn't* clear the tty. try it on one of your own sessions. rday
