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RE: [PLUG] mingetty question
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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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