If you run screen in tty6 as well, you can snatch control of the "session". I know there are people on this list that use screen like this. They go up to the physical terminal, login, and run screen. when they are done, they detach the screen session from the tty and the session continues to run without an active tty. They go to another machine, remotely login to the first, start screen and reattach to the first session. There probably is a utility out there for grabbing the tty and redirecting to a virtual terminal. I never tried to do that tho. My understanding is that you need to replace the tty package with a debugging version but don't quote me on that. Matthew > -----Original Message----- > From: Asheesh Laroia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 11:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Console equivalent of VNC? > > > That sounds like a cool thing to do, but I meant that I'd do the > following: > > > bootup my machine > > chvt 6 > > login; run pine > > > Now, after having done that, is there a way I can remotely > read tty6, or > remotely display its contents? If possible, I'd like to be able to > remotely control tty6, even if "remote" just means "in an xterm." > > Any more ideas? I'l check out screen, though, but it seems > like little > more than a fancy "konsole" from kde2. > > -- Asheesh. > > > On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Ellick Chan wrote: > > > On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Asheesh Laroia wrote: > > > > > Hello everyone. > > > > > > I wanted to know if there was a way I could access a tty > device (say, > > > tty6, where I run PINE) from an xterm. Just as I can > access different Xs > > > through VNC, is there an equivalent? I've tried screen, > but I have no > > > idea how to use it. > > > > > Either it's screen, or a text based window-manager, which > you can find on > > freshmeat. BTW, screen is a text-based, full-screen window-manager. > > > > When you first start screen, it comes up with one terminal. > To create a > > new one, you hit CTRL-a _SPACE_ c, to quit that window, > type 'exit', or > > hit CTRL-d. To switch windows, either hit CTRL-a _SPACE_, or CTRL-a > > CTRL-a. To get help, hit CTRL-a ?. To detach from screen > (like vnc to run > > stuff in the background) hit CTRL-a d. > > > > Here are the keybindings > > CTRL-a Action key > > all stuff below is after you hit the action key: > > > > CTRL-d exit window/screen > > a -switch windows > > c -create new window > > ? -get help > > d -detach screen > > _SPACE_ - switch windows > > > > > Thanks in advance. I eagerly await a response. > > > > > > -- Asheesh Laroia. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > clairvoyant, n.: > A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that > which is invisible to her patron -- namely, that he is > a blockhead. > -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" > > >
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