Xref: utzoo comp.unix.sysv386:1027 comp.protocols.tcp-ip:13282 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!rutgers!att!cbnews!junk1 From: junk1@cbnews.att.com (eric.a.olson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Does anybody know LM-X or Lackman? Summary: how to not do a getty Message-ID: <1990Oct6.151329.22919@cbnews.att.com> Date: 6 Oct 90 15:13:29 GMT References: <1990Oct3.192349.781@resam.dk> <12817@asylum.SF.CA.US> <1990Oct05.152231.21219@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 9 I have heard that if you run a program on a virtual console (vt??), the console will not be subject to screen-scrambling with console error messages. This appears to be true, as my machine running X never gets bothered by the messages. How do I force the console into this mode?