From 08e9bfd35e0cd67d351df1af73945bc8e9c35682 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: TWikiGuest Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 01:57:34 +0000 Subject: none --- Hurd/HurdConsole.mdwn | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) (limited to 'Hurd/HurdConsole.mdwn') diff --git a/Hurd/HurdConsole.mdwn b/Hurd/HurdConsole.mdwn index ecf5e65d..8239c285 100644 --- a/Hurd/HurdConsole.mdwn +++ b/Hurd/HurdConsole.mdwn @@ -211,6 +211,20 @@ If you use mutt, install `mutt-utf8` package. For lynx, edit `/etc/lynx.cfg`, ma If you use other applications, try to search with google for "application-name utf8" or "application-name unicode". Often you find what you need. The issues are the same for the GNU/Hurd and GNU/Linux systems, so most of the information can be shared, except how to setup the system console to support Unicode, of course. +The console-server watches for new hurdio terms (devices translated with /hurd/term) and adds them to /dev/vcs automatically. What this means is, if you create a new tty with MAKEDEV, and then attach something to it, it will now appear in /dev/vcs. When a term is disconnected from, it disappears from /dev/vcs. /libexec/getty is what is usually attached to a term. You can see this automatic adding and removing of terms from the console-server by typing the following: + + # cd /dev + # ls vcs/ + 1 2 3 4 5 6 + # MAKEDEV tty7 + # cat > tty7 & + [1]+ Stopped cat > tty7 + # ls vcs/ + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 + # kill %1 + # ls vcs/ + 1 2 3 4 5 6 + ## Known problems and important missing features Squeezed at the end so nobody sees it ;) -- cgit v1.2.3