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stan wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to do something on FreeBSD, that I have done easily on Linux,
> and I'm runing inot a bit of dificulty.
> 
> What I want to do si have a FreeBSD machine start up a task on boot, that
> needs to _display only_ to a dedicated virtual terminal. That virtual
> terminal should not be runing a getty, and should ignore keyboard input.

I've done nearly the same thing with a FreeBSD 4.3 machine.

1.  Wrap the script with something like:

	#!/bin/bash
	(
	/usr/bin/su - user 'put your command here'
	) 2>&1 >/dev/ttyv7

2.  The output should go to the ALT-F8 screen.

(this next step is the part that I didn't do)

3.  Disable the getty on that screen.  Edit /etc/ttys and comment out the
line with ttyv7.   Use this command to make init re-read /etc/ttys:
	kill -1 1

That should do it!

--Tom

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