Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 11:09:03 +0200 From: Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@42.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2.1-RELEASE /dev/console Message-ID: <19970426110903.40601@matrix.42.org> In-Reply-To: <199704161354.PAA00222@papillon.lemis.de>; from grog@lemis.de on Wed, Apr 16, 1997 at 03:53:58PM %2B0200 References: <slrn5l5cdk.jpl.sec@matrix.42.org> <199704161354.PAA00222@papillon.lemis.de>
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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
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