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Gherald2
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 Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 1:55 am Post subject: Access the console from within X Windows and/or with ssh |
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Version 0.2
I trust you have heard of "screen". It is a wonderful porgram, but it can be tedious to remember to start it every time you log in.
Furthermore, using reconnect commands like "screen -ls" and "screen -dr" quickly becomes redundant.
This is a tip to make cloning your Alt+F# virtual terminal/consoles easy!
First, make certain you have screen installed properly:
| Code: | emerge screen -a
chmod u+s /usr/bin/screen #set uid root
chmod go-w /var/run/screen |
Then, append the following lines to /etc/profile:
| Code: | alias vc1="screen -x vc-1"
alias vc2="screen -x vc-2"
alias vc3="screen -x vc-3"
alias vc4="screen -x vc-4"
alias vc5="screen -x vc-5"
alias vc6="screen -x vc-6"
#automatically start screen if we are a virtual console
if [ `tty | grep vc` ]; then screen; logout; fi
#any commands such as "fortune" that print messages after login should be placed here, after screen. |
Now whenever you:
1) ssh to your box and want to access a console program you left running
or 2) are in X and don't want to Ctrl+Alt+F# out of it
...simply run "vc#" and whallaaaa... how cool is that?
Last edited by Gherald2 on Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:13 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Milez
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 2:10 am Post subject: |
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Dude, I love this trick. Nice combination. Don't you just love how unix allows you to be creative in setting up your system?
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Gherald2
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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Yep!
Tip updated to v0.2 on July 8, 2004:
- added logout invocation so screen behaves like a regular login session
- explained where commands should go that print text after login
- other minor edits |
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