[olug] tty3 & 4

[David Walker]

Also deleting files/rolling logs can be troublesome if they are opened (with 
tail or any other program).

On Tuesday 16 July 2002 04:30 pm, Brian Roberson wrote:
> while this will work, it is not truly optimal.... you should tell syslog to
> write to the console instead, that way you dont have *ANY* process wasting
> cpu time ( other than syslog )
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Walker" <linux_user at grax.com>
> To: <olug at olug.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 3:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [olug] tty3 & 4
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> > Edit your inittab
> > #4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
> > #5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
> > 4:2345:respawn:/usr/bin/tail -f /var/named/named.run > /dev/tty3
> > 5:2345:respawn:/usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/messages > /dev/tty4
> > init q
> > kill "pid of mingetty for tty3"
> > kill "pid of mingetty for tty4"
> >
> > On Tuesday 16 July 2002 02:38 pm, roger schmeits wrote:
> > > I would like to devote ctrl-alt-F3 to tail -f /var/named/named.run
> > >
> > > and ctrl-alt-F4 to tail -f /var/log/messages.  How does one do this?
> > >
> > > Would like it to be there upon reboots, etc.
> > >
> > > And while where on the subject can a person change the standard 80 x 25
> > > character mode so that is bigger? Kinda silly on a 19" monitor.  Be
> > > nice to dial it out if possible.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Roger
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