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...
I'm afraid I don't understand. Can you explain in a little more detail/laymen's terms, since I'm a newbie?
I was working last night with Java, and I compiled and ran programs from the terminal. Would that make a difference? Although the login time was this morning.
I tried my best not to enter in computing stuff...
But to answer simplay your question, we would need to know a bit more: Is you UNIX box a server or a workstation (or a PC...) what OS may help (for others to try to answer...)
OK
the best is to see who is connected:
but syntax may be different (have no MacOSX...) so type man who
Since I have also no workstation like you but a PC with an Xserver installed to connect to the parc of boxes I administer this is my ouput:
the dtremote is the initial connection (the graphic screen where you enter you name and passwd) then in the GUI in oder to work and type commands I have to open a terminal: pts/0 , in that terminal I typed:
Saying I cant take control of that server's console since it has one and its active...
but it opened a new terminal : ttyp1
Remember UNIX is a preemptive multitasking multi-user system
And so each time you open a new "window" if that window is a terminal, it is like a new connection...
And so your main concern is to check you have no unwanted foreign connections to your system
I see these terms used all the time with hardly any distinction between the two.
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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:
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