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To: Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@42.org>
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Subject: Re: 2.2.1-RELEASE /dev/console
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I'm guessing this can't be done, but one feature of Linux that is very
nice is a hack that allows both a serial console (for handy remote booting
options) and the "real" console.  From what I understand, I can have one
or the other, but not both.  Is this correct?

Thanks,

Charles

On Sat, 26 Apr 1997, Stefan `Sec` Zehl wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 16, 1997 at 03:53:58PM +0200, grog@lemis.de wrote:
> > > (i have the terminal on /dev/cuaa0 unplugged because i need it elsewhere)
> > 
> > This makes me wonder why you want the console on /dev/cuaa0 in the
> > first place.  What do you want to happen to these messages?
> 
> I want the console on /dev/cuaa0 because i want to be able to fix the
> system in case of trouble by just bringing my DOS-386-Laptop with serial
> cable and terminal program - so i dont have to get an big&heavy VGA
> monitor over here :-) 
> 
> > If you want to drop them in the bit bucket when the console is
> > unplugged, you could try a
> > 
> >   # stty -f /dev/cuaa0 clocal
> > 
> > and see if that works.
> 
> Ah thanks, I'll try that asap :) 
> 
>                           I believe there is also an ioctl for resetting
> > the console to another device, but I don't have sources here to play
> > around with.  Let me know if you're interested.
> 
> Yes, sounds interesting.... but on the other hand, i could have had that
> idea myself :) - i guess that's exactly what xconsole does, doesn't it ? 
> 
> CU,
>     Sec
> -- 
>             " mit ISDN kann man im Internet schneller warten "
>