Kayvan> I posted a query about this already, and the only reply I got
Kayvan> was someone saying "There's a process using the virtual
Kayvan> terminal", but that doesn't appear to be the case.
AB> Nevertheless I would conjecture that it is true.
I would like that to be the case. I compiled up the "fuser" code,
which works great at detecting processes using files, and it shows no
process using tty7 (the first available virtual terminal after tty1-6,
which are opened by incarnations of getty).
AB> There are many ways a process could use a tty directly or indirectly.
Hmmm... Can you elaborate here? How can a tty be used indirectly in
such a way that it becomes unavailable?
AB> Try to also make /dev/tty1[0-9] and watch what X does. It will
AB> cycle.
Okay, but how? Where's the state information that tells it "you used
tty7 last, so now use tty9"??
AB> (If not then there would be a bug in tty close - but nobody sees
AB> such a bug.)
Okay, cool. I want to understand this (and fix it).
Thanks.
---Kayvan
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