Re: shutting down X

[Salman Ahmed <ssahmed@interlog.com>]

>>>>> "Salman" == Salman Ahmed <ssahmed@interlog.com> writes:

    Salman> Ok. I'll also check RedHat-5.2 to see what /dev/console points
    Salman> to under there. Then I'll try symlinking it to /dev/tty1 and
    Salman> see if that solves my problem. BTW, under RH5.2, I am running
    Salman> kernel 2.2.10 and it doesn't have this `problem'.

Followup:

Under RedHat-5.2 (w/kernel 2.2.10), /dev/console is not a symlink to
any device. It seems to be a `true/pure' device.

For Debian 2.1, I changed /dev/console to point to /dev/tty1 instead
of /dev/tty0 and now I get the behaviour I want ie when I shutdown I
see all the service shutdown/stop messages.

My questions are :

    Salman> I am curious to know : what are the ramifications of changing
    Salman> /dev/console to point to /dev/tty1 instead of /dev/tty0 ?

and also why /dev/console should be a symlink to some other device ?

Why not make it a device itself (like RedHat 5.2 has) ?

Thanks.

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Salman Ahmed
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