[PLUG] Auto start HTOP in tty.

Mon Aug 31 19:32:23 UTC 2020

So I guess some gui gooo seeped into the server goo....
Did not think that would matter for a server that has no
graphics but I guess there is always the possibility that
someone would install it, so I guess that is why it is left
that way?

On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 2:04 PM Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com>
wrote:

> There is no tty7 because that is reserved for graphics/X/Wayland terminal.
> So, tty6 is typically the last terminal available to user.
>
> Tomas
>
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2020, 10:45 Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > had to move it to tty6 for some reason tty7 did not stick. I think
> > there must be somewhere that defines how many tty there are
> > on the machine, I am trying to remember where I saw it.
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 10:23 AM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Oh yeah, I did NOT do the Hollywood thing...
> > >
> > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 10:19 AM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Thank you guys, that did it. every other search sent me down
> > >> paths to deal with the GUI type terminal... Now I have HTOP
> > >> but it is on tty7 where I wanted it in the first place. Just swapped
> > >> the 1 for a 7 and off it went.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 8:10 AM David Bridges <david at kisbdnb.info>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> The very first hit for me when searching for the terms below on
> > >>> duckduckgo more than likely has the information you need since it has
> > >>> information for Ubuntu and also information for systems using init or
> > >>> systemd.
> > >>>
> > >>> start htop on tty on boot
> > >>>
> > >>> As with most things there are more than one way to do this.
> > >>>
> > >>> On Sun, 2020-08-30 at 22:31 -0500, Chuck Hast wrote:
> > >>> > Well went against the wall on that one. No inittab... Shows
> > >>> > you how much I have looked there lately.
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Not sure now where to do the work on the console, has
> > >>> > to be in there.
> > >>> >
> > >>> > On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 9:43 PM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >>> >
> > >>> > > OK, I will go through all of it, has been a long time, did that
> > >>> > > sort of thing when we set up amateur radio packet switches,
> > >>> > > had a screen that brought up the switch info. That has been
> > >>> > > a LOT of years ago. moved to SW WA in 2012, I think I did
> > >>> > > the last packet radio sw setup back 3-4 years before that.
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > > Yes, it is Ubuntu server and it is systemd... I will look for the
> > >>> > > config file.
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 2:47 PM King Beowulf <
> > kingbeowulf at gmail.com
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > > wrote:
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > > > On 8/30/20 8:10 AM, Chuck Hast wrote:
> > >>> > > > > That finished nailing it. I am going to work on it this
> > >>> > > > > afternoon, but
> > >>> > > > > that data brought it all back. Funny, my searches all brought
> > >>> > > > > up
> > >>> > > > > doing this in a terminal screen in the GUI, command line only
> > >>> > > > > gets
> > >>> > > > > no respect...
> > >>> > > > >
> > >>> > > > >
> > >>> > > > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 3:20 AM Tom <
> tgrom.automail at nuegia.net
> > >
> > >>> > > > > wrote:
> > >>> > > > >
> > >>> > > > > > On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 18:41:20 -0500
> > >>> > > > > > Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>> > > > > >
> > >>> > > > > > > There that brought a bunch of stuff back (old sux) and I
> > >>> > > > > > > started seeing light flashes, as I knew I had done it in
> > >>> > > > > > > the
> > >>> > > > > > > past but just could not remember how.
> > >>> > > > > > >
> > >>> > > > > > > This is a server box so there is no X on it.  I will
> take a
> > >>> > > > > > > look at screen/tmux, and see how that does.  Thank you
> > >>> > > > > > > very much.
> > >>> > > > > > >
> > >>> > > > > > Hi there. Just place where you see /sbin/agetty in
> > >>> > > > > > /etc/inittab with
> > >>> > > > > > the path to the program you want to launch instead. like
> > >>> > > > > > /usr/bin/top
> > >>> > > > > >
> > >>> > > > > >
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > > > Be aware you will need more that just replacing agetty command
> in
> > >>> > > > inittab.  If you do not and stdout and stdin redirects, you
> will
> > >>> > > > not
> > >>> > > > have keyboard functionality. See my original post to this
> thread.
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > > > -Ed
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > > >
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> > >> Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
> > >> I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
> > >> Ph 4:13 KJV
> > >> Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
> > >> Fil 4:13 RVR1960
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
> > > I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
> > > Ph 4:13 KJV
> > > Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
> > > Fil 4:13 RVR1960
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
> > I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
> > Ph 4:13 KJV
> > Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
> > Fil 4:13 RVR1960
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Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Ph 4:13 KJV
Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
Fil 4:13 RVR1960