Re: Changing the active console

Ingo Molnar (mingo@chiara.csoma.elte.hu)
Tue, 16 Feb 1999 13:57:46 +0100 (CET)

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On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Roberto Fasciolo wrote:

> I'd like to know if it's possible changing the active console (the same
> thing that pressing CTRL+ALT+Fx) with a system call, and, if it's
> possible, how can I do that.

see the 'chvt' command:

open("/dev/tty", O_RDONLY) = 3
ioctl(3, KDGKBTYPE, 0xbffffcd3) = 0
ioctl(3, VT_ACTIVATE, 0x1) = 0
ioctl(3, VT_WAITACTIVE, 0x1) = 0

-- mingo

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