jessea@dynasys.UUCP ( Sysadmin.) (10/20/89)
I'm curious about how I could be able to tell which multi-screen is active
on the console. This is just one example of how I could use this information:
I log onto a system and I want to be able to page the person on the console.
So, instead of going through a trial and error process, I want it to beep the
active multi-screen.
I stress that I do not want someone to solve the paging problem. I want to
know how to determine which multi-screen is the active one. I can use this
in other ways as well. Thanx in advance.
--
Jesse W. Asher
Dynasys (901) 382-1705
6196-1 Macon Rd., Suite 200, Memphis, TN 38134
uunet!dynasys!jessearobert@gutarman.UUCP (robert) (10/20/89)
In article <11@dynasys.UUCP> jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher - Sysadmin.) writes: >I'm curious about how I could be able to tell which multi-screen is active >on the console. This is just one example of how I could use this information: >I log onto a system and I want to be able to page the person on the console. >So, instead of going through a trial and error process, I want it to beep the >active multi-screen. > >-- > Jesse W. Asher > Dynasys (901) 382-1705 > 6196-1 Macon Rd., Suite 200, Memphis, TN 38134 > uunet!dynasys!jessea Hi jesse...I think I might have an idea of what you are talking about! :-> Anyhow, When I log into doug's computer, I usually do a who -u. The 4th coloumn is the "idle" time. This way, you can tell what the console user is doing. The who -u tells keyboard idleness, so if they are running a program, and doing a lot of typing (like lyrix), then the idle time will be null. Hope this helps. It does get confusing, though.
sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) (10/23/89)
In article <55@gutarman.UUCP> robert@gutarman.UUCP () writes: >In article <11@dynasys.UUCP> jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher - Sysadmin.) writes: >Anyhow, When I log into doug's computer, I usually do a who -u. The 4th >coloumn is the "idle" time. This way, you can tell what the console user >is doing. The who -u tells keyboard idleness, so if they are running a >program, and doing a lot of typing (like lyrix), then the idle time will >be null. Hope this helps. It does get confusing, though. You can also try things like: echo "Hello - please call me" > /dev/mono this will generally go to the active screen. Of course you will have to figure out which of /dev/{[cepv]ga,mono} is actually available on your system. -- Stuart.Lynne@wimsey.bc.ca ubc-cs!van-bc!sl 604-937-7532(voice) 604-939-4768(fax)
davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (10/23/89)
I can't tell you how to determine the screen in use, but I can tell you how to force it to be the one you wrote your message to... the sequence ESC [ XX z (where XX is 00-11, terminal number) will change the screen. You can do something like: echo "Hey you!\033[01z" >/dev/tty02 Note that this can be a REAL pain for the person using the console, so be careful. I use this to put certain message on a problem screen and then change to it. I use it only when something needs to be noticed RIGHT NOW. -- bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) "The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called 'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see that the world is flat!" - anon
barton@holston.UUCP (Barton A. Fisk) (10/24/89)
In article <55@gutarman.UUCP>, robert@gutarman.UUCP (robert) writes: > In article <11@dynasys.UUCP> jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher - Sysadmin.) writes: > >I'm curious about how I could be able to tell which multi-screen is active > >on the console. This is just one example of how I could use this information: > >I log onto a system and I want to be able to page the person on the console. While were wishing, how about adding a status window or line to the console so the console user knows what multiscreen he's on at a glance? Maybe the newer versions already incorporate this I'm still on 2.2. -- Barton A. Fisk | UUCP: {attctc,texbell,vector}!warble!holston!barton PO Box 1781 | (PSEUDO) DOMAIN: barton@holston.UUCP Lake Charles, La. 70602 | ---------------------------------------- 318-439-5984 | "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone"-JC
peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) (10/25/89)
> While were wishing, how about adding a status window or line to the > console so the console user knows what multiscreen he's on at > a glance? What, and give up a line? And what if you're running X or DOS? -- Peter da Silva, *NIX support guy @ Ferranti International Controls Corporation. Biz: peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. Fun: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com. `-_-' "That particular mistake will not be repeated. There are plenty of 'U` mistakes left that have not yet been used." -- Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)
root@medsys.uucp (sysop) (10/25/89)
barton@holston.UUCP (Barton A. Fisk) writes: >While were wishing, how about adding a status window or line to the >console so the console user knows what multiscreen he's on at >a glance? How about just adding this line to your .profile: set `who am i`; PS1=$2"> " -- __ __| __ __ LaVerne Olney -- Med-Systems |/^\/^\ /__) / | (__ \ / (__ Medical Office Management Software | | | \__ \__| ___) \/ ___) Kingsport, TN 37660 U.S.A. Unix BBS: 615-288-3957 / UUCP: uunet!medsys!laverne
davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (10/26/89)
In article <637@holston.UUCP>, barton@holston.UUCP (Barton A. Fisk) writes: | While were wishing, how about adding a status window or line to the | console so the console user knows what multiscreen he's on at | a glance? I hate to suggest anything so simple, but I have been making the screen# part of my prompt. I don't want to give up a line for status. -- bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) "The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called 'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see that the world is flat!" - anon
sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) (10/26/89)
In article <1472@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: >In article <637@holston.UUCP>, barton@holston.UUCP (Barton A. Fisk) writes: > >| While were wishing, how about adding a status window or line to the >| console so the console user knows what multiscreen he's on at >| a glance? > > I hate to suggest anything so simple, but I have been making the >screen# part of my prompt. I don't want to give up a line for status. I've been doing that for years, here's some decripit cshrc script you can use, it gives you your tty number, history line number and either a '%' or a '*' depending on whether you are root or not. E.g. 01-45 % 02-10 * Additions for .cshrc script set tty=`tty` set basetty=`basename $tty` set basetty=`expr $basetty : '...\(..\)'` set idgid=`id` if ( $idgid[1] == "uid=0(root)" ) then set prompt="$basetty-\! * " else set prompt="$basetty-\! % " endif -- Stuart.Lynne@wimsey.bc.ca ubc-cs!van-bc!sl 604-937-7532(voice) 604-939-4768(fax)
arch@hub.cs.jmu.edu (Arch Harris) (10/26/89)
> In article <41@van-bc.UUCP>, sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) responds > to article <55@gutarman.UUCP> robert@gutarman.UUCP () and > article <11@dynasys.UUCP> jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher - Sysadmin.) writes: > > You can also try things like: > echo "Hello - please call me" > /dev/mono > this will generally go to the active screen. Of course you will have to > figure out which of /dev/{[cepv]ga,mono} is actually available on your > system. This only works if one of the multiscreens is the controlling terminal (a fact that is NOT documented in SCO 2.2.2). If you're executing the `echo' command line above using `at' or `cron', there will be no controlling terminal and the attempt to open /dev/mono will fail. You need to write a program which calls `setpgrp', then opens a multiscreen which is not already been opened by any other process. Then your program can open and write to /dev/mono (or /dev/?ega). Arch Harris INTERNET: arch@hub.cs.JMU.EDU Dept of Computer Science UUCP: uunet!virginia!jmucshub!arch James Madison U. BITNET: fac_harris@JMUVAX1 Harrisonburg, VA 22807 Phone: (703) 568-6847 -- Arch Harris BITNET: FAC_HARRIS@JMUVAX1 Dept of Computer Science PHONE: (703) 568 6847 James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22807