Re: [SLUG] Starting programs on console

[Matthew Palmer <mjp16@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Matthew Clark wrote:

> just wondering about how one would  go about starting an application on a
> local console. for instance something like mysqlclient or mutella etc..... so
> that you could access it by hitting ctrl-alt-f9 for instance (no login
> prompt, instead application prompt).

man openvt

Very useful program.

> would there be any problems with applications requiring shell variables, then
> again this could be circumvented by running a script that calls bash (for
> example) followed by the application to run, couldn't it?

Yes, that would work fine.


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