Shutdown on tty1 instead of tty6?

andrek · 2008-08-17 20:28:03

Hey,

When I reboot/shutdown my system, Xfce desktop gets closed and tty1 is being showed. However, all the shutdown procedures ( that colored list, I don't know how to call it ) is being executed on tty6. So, if I want to see all those messages during reboot/shutdown procedure, I have to switch back to tty6. Is it possible to set tty1 to show those messages?

brebs · 2008-08-17 22:53:28

In case it's of interest, this is a tricky issue in Fedora also.

andrek · 2008-08-23 09:45:53

So nobody seem to know how to change it?

thomasd · 2008-11-04 09:16:40

My workaround is

chvt 1 && reboot

for reboot. This switches to vt1 and invokes reboot thereafter. Shutdown works similarly.

You don't see X shutting down, but I don't care about that.

DeletedUser210616 · 2011-04-19 05:14:12

I got one better, super clean!

added the following to my /etc/rc.shutdown

/usr/bin/chvt 1
clear

just before

run_hook shutdown_start

EDIT: it seems this is still hit & miss

Last edited by DeletedUser210616 (2011-04-20 09:38:11)

DeletedUser210616 · 2011-04-20 09:56:55

edited my inittab for tty1

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Di … t_Messages

kept 'clear' in my rc.shutdown too, so the boot and halt messages dont run together.

ngoonee · 2011-04-20 12:03:04

Seems like a good solution. The thread IS 2 years old though, so I'll close it now. If anyone has anything to add that is very specifically on-topic here, message a mod to re-open. Otherwise, start a new thread.

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#1 2008-08-17 20:28:03

Shutdown on tty1 instead of tty6?

#2 2008-08-17 22:53:28

Re: Shutdown on tty1 instead of tty6?

#3 2008-08-23 09:45:53

Re: Shutdown on tty1 instead of tty6?

#4 2008-11-04 09:16:40

Re: Shutdown on tty1 instead of tty6?

#5 2011-04-19 05:14:12

Re: Shutdown on tty1 instead of tty6?

#6 2011-04-20 09:56:55

Re: Shutdown on tty1 instead of tty6?

#7 2011-04-20 12:03:04

Re: Shutdown on tty1 instead of tty6?

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