NAME

consoles − utility data base of display screens

DESCRIPTION

Consoles is a data base containing one line for each display screen on the system.  The first character of each line is an access code for use by the user.  Following a blank, the name of the display screen device is listed.  The allowable access codes and their meanings are as follows:

0 device not available to either the kernel or the user
1 device available to the kernel as a console, but may not be opened by the user
2 device not available to the kernel, but may be opened by the user
3 device available both to the kernel and to the user
x (any other character causes the line to be ignored as a comment)

A typical pair of entries might be

1 mono
2 aed

which would allow the user to keep console output on the IBM 5151 monochrome display, and reserve the IBM Academic Information Systems experimental display for application use. 

Valid devices, and their product affiliation, are as follows:

monoIBM 5151 Monochrome Display

egaIBM 5154 Enhanced Graphics Display interface

apa8IBM 6153 Advanced Monochrome Graphics Display

apa8cIBM 6154 Advanced Color Graphics Display

apa16IBM 6155 Extended Monochrome Graphics Display

aedIBM Academic Information Systems experimental display

vgaIBM PS/2 Display interface

ibm8514
IBM 8514/A Display interface

mpelIBM 5081 Display interface

Consoles is read by setscreen(8) when invoked by the user, such as from a .login file, or during boot (from /etc/rc.local).

FILES

/etc/consoles

SEE ALSO

ibm5081(4), ibm5151(4), ibm6153(4), ibm6154(4), ibm6155(4), ibm8514(4), ibmaed(4), vga(4), setscreen(8)

PRPQs 5799-WZQ/5799-PFF: IBM/4.3  —  Dec 1987