On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 07:39, lina<lina.lastname@gmail.com> wrote:
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But things get weired, everything is normal on the tty terminal, but
on console (hope it's the right name for it).
Setting aside the rest for the moment, we should clarify terminology.
When you log in without a GUI, or switch to them with ctrl-alt-F1 (etc),
you are dealing with TTYs. That is clear. Then things get confusing
because in casual conversation, people overload meanings.
Terminal is a TTY, but people often use the word for any command
line interface, notably for terminal emulators, which are the
windows in X that have a command line. Xterm is the "default"
terminal emulator, and people sometimes call any terminal
emulator (rxvt, gnome-terminal, konsole) an "xterm".
Console should be (or was) a piece of hardware acting as a
terminal. But now its meaning is often as vague as terminal.
When the distinction matters, I find it it easiest to say "TTY"
for ctrl-alt-F1 etc. and "xterm" or "terminal emulator" for
command line windows in X. Yes, it is annoying.
Cheers,
Kelly Clowers