Re: kbrequest & openvt

2020-10-23 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 10:30:17PM +, mike.junk...@att.net wrote: > For years under sysvinit, in /etc/inittab, this line: > kb::kbrequest:$( [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ] && /bin/openvt -su || sudo /bin/openvt > -su) > allowed me to open another VT by keying Control-UpArrow. What a cargo-culted mess.

kbrequest & openvt

2020-10-22 Thread mike . junk . 46
This is a command line related question, not X. For years under sysvinit, in /etc/inittab, this line: kb::kbrequest:$( [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ] && /bin/openvt -su || sudo /bin/openvt -su) allowed me to open another VT by keying Control-UpArrow. I've had no luck generating that same functionality under