[olug] tty3 & 4

[David Walker]

Edit your inittab
#4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
#5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
4:2345:respawn:/usr/bin/tail -f /var/named/named.run > /dev/tty3
5:2345:respawn:/usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/messages > /dev/tty4
init q
kill "pid of mingetty for tty3"
kill "pid of mingetty for tty4"


On Tuesday 16 July 2002 02:38 pm, roger schmeits wrote:
> I would like to devote ctrl-alt-F3 to tail -f /var/named/named.run
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> and ctrl-alt-F4 to tail -f /var/log/messages.  How does one do this?
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> Would like it to be there upon reboots, etc.
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> And while where on the subject can a person change the standard 80 x 25
> character mode so that is bigger? Kinda silly on a 19" monitor.  Be nice
> to dial it out if possible.
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> Thanks
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> Roger
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