diff --git a/man4/console.4 b/man4/console.4 deleted file mode 100644 index 8113e8af4..000000000 --- a/man4/console.4 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,111 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Andries Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl), Mon Oct 31 21:03:19 MET 1994 -.\" -.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_ONEPARA) -.\" This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or -.\" modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as -.\" published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of -.\" the License, or (at your option) any later version. -.\" %%%LICENSE_END -.\" -.\" Modified, Sun Feb 26 14:58:45 1995, faith@cs.unc.edu -.\" " -.TH CONSOLE 4 1994-10-31 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" -.SH NAME -console \- console terminal and virtual consoles -.SH DESCRIPTION -A Linux system has up to 63 -.I "virtual consoles" -(character devices with major number 4 and minor number 1 to 63), -usually called -.I /dev/ttyn -with 1 \(<= -.I n -\(<= 63. -The current console is also addressed by -.I /dev/console -or -.IR /dev/tty0 , -the character device with -major number 4 and minor number 0. -The device files -.I /dev/* -are usually created using the script MAKEDEV, -or using -.BR mknod (1), -usually with mode 0622 and owner -.IR root.tty . -.LP -Before kernel version 1.1.54 the number of virtual consoles was -compiled into the kernel (in -.IR tty.h : -#define NR_CONSOLES 8) -and could be changed by editing and recompiling. -Since version 1.1.54 virtual consoles are created on the fly, -as soon as they are needed. -.LP -Common ways to start a process on a console are: -(a) tell -.BR init (1) -(in -.BR inittab (5)) -to start a -.BR mingetty (8) -(or -.BR agetty (8)) -on the console; -(b) ask -.BR openvt (1) -to start a process on the console; -(c) start X\(emit will find the first unused console, -and display its output there. -(There is also the ancient -.BR doshell (8).) -.LP -Common ways to switch consoles are: (a) use Alt+F\fIn\fP or -Ctrl+Alt+F\fIn\fP to switch to console -.IR n ; -AltGr+F\fIn\fP -might bring you to console \fIn\fP+12 [here Alt and AltGr refer -to the left and right Alt keys, respectively]; -(b) use Alt+RightArrow or Alt+LeftArrow to cycle through -the presently allocated consoles; (c) use the program -.BR chvt (1). -(The key mapping is user settable, see -.BR loadkeys (1); -the above mentioned key combinations are according to the default settings.) -.LP -The command -.BR deallocvt (1) -(formerly -.BR disalloc ) -will free the memory taken by the screen buffers for consoles -that no longer have any associated process. -.SS Properties -Consoles carry a lot of state. -I hope to document that some other time. -The most important fact is that the consoles simulate vt100 terminals. -In particular, a console is reset to the initial state by printing the two -characters ESC c. -All escape sequences can be found in -.BR console_codes (4). -.SH FILES -.I /dev/console -.br -.I /dev/tty* -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR chvt (1), -.BR deallocvt (1), -.BR init (1), -.BR loadkeys (1), -.BR mknod (1), -.BR openvt (1), -.BR console_codes (4), -.BR console_ioctl (4), -.BR tty (4), -.BR ttyS (4), -.BR charsets (7), -.BR agetty (8), -.BR mapscrn (8), -.BR mingetty (8), -.BR resizecons (8), -.BR setfont (8)