On 2024-03-28, Karel Lucas <cahlu...@planet.nl> wrote: > > > Op 28-03-2024 om 07:51 schreef Stuart Henderson: >> For the console, use /etc/ttys. >> >> For an X terminal, use whatever mechanism is correct for that terminal >> (.Xdefaults XTerm*termName for xterm). > > The file /etc/ttys is 22.5kB in size and is full of all kinds of "tty** > ...". I don't think this is the right file to use something like that. > It seems to me that you are making the system disrupted/unstable by > doing so. Those "ttys**..." won't vouch for it for nothing.
Yes that is exactly the right file. That is what the file is *for*. It sets the console type for various ways of accessing consoles on the system. The "console" and "ttyC*" lines are the ones you want (the additional ones are for various virtual consoles on ctrl-alt-f2, etc). (The "tty0*" are for serial consoles if you have them.) -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
