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CONSCONTROL(8) BSD System Manager's Manual CONSCONTROL(8) NAME conscontrol -- control physical console devices SYNOPSIS conscontrol [list] conscontrol mute on | off conscontrol add | delete console conscontrol set console | unset DESCRIPTION The conscontrol utility is used to examine and modify the physical de- vices which back the virtual console devices. If no arguments (or only the list command) are specified, the current console settings are shown. There are two types of logical consoles; a high level console which is represented by /dev/console, and a low level console. The low level con- sole is used for kernel printf(9) and ddb(4) debugger support, while the high level console is used by user programs like syslogd(8). Multiple device support is implemented only for the low level console; the high level console is set to the first device in the console list. Multiple console support may be invoked by passing the kernel the -D flag from the boot loader, or by using conscontrol to change the list of con- sole devices after the system has booted. The following options are available: add | delete console Add or delete a physical device from the logical console. The device must support low-level console operations. Adding a de- vice will place it at the front of the list of console devices; the first device is used for the high level console. The console argument is the name of a console device in /dev; the name of the directory may be omitted. mute on | off Change the state of console muting. All console output is sup- pressed when console muting is on. set console | unset Set or unset the virtual console. When unset, output from the system, such as the kernel printf(9), always goes out to the real main console. When set, it goes to another. This is an inter- face to the tty ioctl TIOCCONS. SEE ALSO sio(4), syscons(4), tty(4), boot(8), loader(8) HISTORY The conscontrol utility first appeared in FreeBSD 5.0. AUTHORS Jonathan Lemon BSD October 23, 2001 BSD
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