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chvt Change foreground virtual terminal

0.20091101 sysutils Σ=1 0.20091101Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.

Maintainer: woodsb02@FreeBSD.org

Port Added: 2017-08-09 12:08:47

Last Update: 2017-08-09 23:11:58

SVN Revision: 447658

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License: GNUALLPERMISSIVE

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https://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2009/11/msg00006.html

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The command chvt N makes /dev/ttyv(N-1) the foreground terminal. The key combination Ctrl-Alt-FN (with N in the range 1-12) has a similar effect. WWW: https://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2009/11/msg00006.html

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0.20091101
09 Aug 2017 23:11:58

woodsb02

Revert r447625 which added new port sysutils/chvt

This functionality is available in base using vidcontrol(1)

For example, to switch to the second virtual terminal (/dev/ttyv1):
# vidcontrol </dev/ttyv0 -s 2

Reported by:	jbeich
Requested by:	danfe

0.20091101
09 Aug 2017 12:08:39

woodsb02

Add new port sysutils/chvt

The command chvt N makes /dev/ttyv(N-1) the foreground terminal.
The key combination Ctrl-Alt-FN (with N in the range 1-12) has a similar effect.

WWW: https://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2009/11/msg00006.html

Number of commits found: 2

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