W. Chris Shank on Mon, 27 Jan 2003 16:20:16 -0500


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RE: [PLUG] mingetty question


CTRL+ALT+F1 thru F6 are text login terminals. CTRL+ALT+F7 is the X
terminal (graphics). I find it is very handy to login to via F1-F6 to
check system status without having to go through a complete X login. 

On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 14:23, Weissman, Gary wrote:
> yes, i see where they come from now.  
> 
> 
> thank you.

> gary
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul [mailto:paul@dpagin.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 2:08 PM
> To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] mingetty question
> 
> 
> I believe those are the six virtual consoles. They respawn to wait for 
> new connections.  They always exist.  I'm sure someone will come along 
> to explain why they are persistant.
> 
> As you noted, remote logins close completely.  Xterms also close completely.
> 
> My advice would be to not worry about it as far as there being a 
> problem, but it never hurts to learn more about what's going on in the 
> shadows.
> 
> 
> Weissman, Gary wrote:
> 
> >on a redhat 8.0 box,
> >
> ># ps -aux
> >
> >gives among other things:
> >
> >root       544  0.0  0.3  1316  404 tty2     S    Jan21   0:00
> >/sbin/mingetty tty2
> >root       545  0.0  0.3  1316  404 tty3     S    Jan21   0:00
> >/sbin/mingetty tty3
> >root       546  0.0  0.3  1316  404 tty4     S    Jan21   0:00
> >/sbin/mingetty tty4
> >root       547  0.0  0.3  1316  404 tty5     S    Jan21   0:00
> >/sbin/mingetty tty5
> >root       548  0.0  0.3  1316  404 tty6     S    Jan21   0:00
> >/sbin/mingetty tty6
> >
> >
> >why do these processes persist days after the logons are closed?  only
> >on-site logins are behaving like this.  remote logins are cleanly closed.
> >
> >advice?
> >
> >  
> >
> 
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ACE Technology Group

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