Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:51:25 +1100 From: Antony Mawer <fbsd-questions@mawer.org> To: Rechistov Grigory <ggg_mail@inbox.ru> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reassigning kernel output to another vty Message-ID: <438AB6FD.8000806@mawer.org> In-Reply-To: <438AB1E8.4050207@inbox.ru> References: <438AB1E8.4050207@inbox.ru>
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On 28/11/2005 6:29 PM, Rechistov Grigory wrote: > There are at least 8 virtual terminals by default on FreeBSD, but I > seldom (to be exact, never) use all of them, mostly the first 3-4. The > kernel messages and another ones (such programs as su(1) also print > there time to time) are shown on the first vty. So I often get crazy > mixture of this stuff, it covers my Midnight Commander's panels till I > refresh them. I wonder if there's a method to show kernel messages on, > say, 6th console, logs on 7th etc? Such behaviour is well-known feature > of many Linux distros and I remember smth similar when installing > FreeBSD, when messages of packages are shown on 4th vty. You can easily achieve this by specifying /dev/tty## in the /etc/syslogd.conf file. For instance, change the line: *.err;kern.warning;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console to: *.err;kern.warning;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/ttyv8 Then the message will be directed to the 9th console. Alternatively, you can disable some of the normal login screens in /etc/ttys and then point syslog to use one of the newly freed-up ttys. -Antony
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