Re: console mode

[Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>]

james gray <kmzftq@gmail.com> writes:

> hello
>
> Question: what are the default use assigned to the f1 through f7 consoles.
>
> i do understand that f7 is gui.
>
> i have found 
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> http://wiki.debian.org/Console
>
> and at that address there is not a writ on f1 through f7 default assignments.
>
> i would assume f1 could be for admin purposes ?.
>
> i would just like to get it strait.
>
> and then contribute what i find to that wiki for any other neophytes.
>
> thank you.

They are used exactly as you see when you boot:  they all get instances
of getty, for users to log in at the console with.  They have no default
use beyond that.