Normally when you connect to a unix machine, you open a terminal, the console (/dev/console) is usually a dedicated device for root to boot from, go in single user and do maintenance....
Things have changed since... Lets say if you were to boot a linux PC that doesnt start X or is in single user, it will display on the console...then once you started X it becomes somehow "virtual" but you could open a console session by opening a dedicated terminal: using
I know Im far from being clear...
SCO Unix OpenServer 5
I have this old impact printer that prints invoices, after about 15 pages it becomes misaligned.
ditty -a ttya04 shows -ixon -ixoff -ixany, which is not the right setting..
so, i type
ditty /dev/ttya04 ixon ixoff -ixany
when i ditty -a ttya04 again, the... (2 Replies)
We are having a problem on an AIX 4.3 system, whereby users somehow exit the system in a way such that their process continues to run.
In the who listing, the user may or may not be listed. Processes are still listed in ps, and are still assigned to the pseudo-tty. Processes continue to... (1 Reply)
Hi everyone,
What is the difference between console-based and Xwindow-based application?
Can I say the application working well in Xwindows can work in console?
Can I say the application working well in console cann't work in Xwindow perhaps.
Eg, ncurses is console-based and Imlib2 is... (4 Replies)
I have several users connecting via a Windows-based SSH\telnet client. The previous sysadmin used FacetTerm to allow certain users to switch between multiple "windows." I'm told there are AIX-native ways to do this but I work with what I inherited.
Originally, many users were still connecting... (3 Replies)
:confused:Hi
This was installed on the Linux box a few weeks back by a guy that no longer works for us. All worked fine until last week. Now when we connect its just a blank screen with no icons.
I get a whole bunch of errors when starting the service too:
Tue Feb 23 14:29:45 2010
... (1 Reply)
what is the difference between desktop session and console session in solaris
as i am wondering we use option -text for the former and -nowin for the later (1 Reply)
I see these terms used all the time with hardly any distinction between the two.
Any clarification would be appreciated!:) I could only get emacs to open in console so I was also wondering what are the common applications to use in console.:wall: (7 Replies)
HI Guru's
Can any one explain me the difference between a system console and a ILOM (SC).
Thanks in Advance.
RK :) (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: rama krishna
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
console
console(7D) Devices console(7D)NAME
console - STREAMS-based console interface
SYNOPSIS
/dev/console
DESCRIPTION
The file /dev/console refers to the system console device. /dev/console should be used for interactive purposes only. Use of /dev/console
for logging purposes is discouraged; syslog(3C) or msglog(7D) should be used instead.
The identity of this device depends on the EEPROM or NVRAM settings in effect at the most recent system reboot; by default, it is the
``workstation console'' device consisting of the workstation keyboard and frame buffer acting in concert to emulate an ASCII terminal (see
wscons(7D)).
Regardless of the system configuration, the console device provides asynchronous serial driver semantics so that, in conjunction with the
STREAMS line discipline module ldterm(7M), it supports the termio(7I) terminal interface.
SEE ALSO syslog(3C), termios(3C), ldterm(7M), termio(7I), msglog(7D), wscons(7D)NOTES
In contrast to pre-SunOS 5.0 releases, it is no longer possible to redirect I/O intended for /dev/console to some other device. Instead,
redirection now applies to the workstation console device using a revised programming interface (see wscons(7D)). Since the system console
is normally configured to be the work station console, the overall effect is largely unchanged from previous releases.
See wscons(7D) for detailed descriptions of control sequence syntax, ANSI control functions, control character functions and escape
sequence functions.
SunOS 5.10 23 Apr 1999 console(7D)