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# 1  
Old 11-09-2010
tty changes?
I am not sure if I am using the correct terminology but somehow my tty keeps changing on me. The man pages are confusing to me on what exactly the tty is. This is what I see when I run the tty command. Could anyone explain why my tty keeps changing?

Code:
~ $ tty
/dev/pts/1

Code:
~ $ tty
/dev/pts/0

# 2  
Old 11-09-2010
I'm not sure what you are asking.

pty is pseudo terminal. They come in pairs - a master and a slave. I assume you are seeing one or the other of the pair.

Is that what you want to know?
# 3  
Old 11-10-2010
My tty keeps on changing. I wanna know why that is happening and how to fix that.
# 4  
Old 11-10-2010
What command are you using when you say "My tty keeps on changing" ?

You should have one tty per windows you open.

Do you mean when you type the tty command into the same windows several time it is continuously giving a changing result?
# 5  
Old 11-11-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by ctsgnb
What command are you using when you say "My tty keeps on changing" ?

You should have one tty per windows you open.

Do you mean when you type the tty command into the same windows several time it is continuously giving a changing result?
When I type tty into my terminal it is giving me different information. Each different terminal window is giving different information. This is what I see in my first 2 terminal window's.

Code:
~ $ tty
/dev/pts/1

~ $ tty
/dev/pts/0

# 6  
Old 11-11-2010
This is normal cokedude, see man pts.
# 7  
Old 11-11-2010
MySQL
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
This is normal cokedude, see man pts.
Yep ! It is totally normal to have a different tty for each opened windows
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