Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 13:17:50 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: determining active console Message-ID: <20030227191750.GB6748@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20030227165828.GA3638@gicco.homeip.net> References: <20030227113959.GB610@gicco.homeip.net> <20030227134837.GD1297@gothmog.gr> <20030227165828.GA3638@gicco.homeip.net>
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In the last episode (Feb 27), Hanspeter Roth said: > On Feb 27 at 15:48, Giorgos Keramidas spoke: > > On 2003-02-27 12:39, Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > how can I determine the active console? > > > > Use the tty(1) command: > > But I'd like to know the console that has got the keyboard focus by > switching with <ctrl>-<alt>-<fN>. Use the undocumented VT_GETACTIVE ioctl on stdin (or anything else connected to a vty) which will return the active vty number. You can also disable vty switching, programmatically switch to a particular vty, and do other neat stuff. Take a look at /usr/src/usr.sbin/vidcontrolfor usage examples and /usr/src/sys/dev/syscons/syscons.c for all the possible ioctls. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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