[ale] How do I disable some VT

[Joe Steele]

>
> Edit/remove entry(ies) for tty's from your /etc/inittab.
>

I don't think this solution will have the intended effect.  This only 
prevents you from logging in on a VC;  it doesn't prevent you from 
switching to it with CTL-ALT-Fx.

Instead, I think there are a couple things you may need to do, 
depending on needs:

1) Use dumpkeys to create a file with your existing console keymap, 
then edit it, deleting lines that contain "Console_xx", similar to 
the following for console 7:

        alt     keycode  65 = Console_7       
        control alt     keycode  65 = Console_7 

When done, load the new keymap file with loadkeys (this should 
probably be done in some script that runs on boot-up).  This disables 
the default CTL-ALT-Fx behavior when typed at a standard virtual 
console (outside of X).  (If you are not having problems with the 
ALT-Fx sequence, the you should probably leave the first line alone, 
and only delete the second line.)

2)  Modify your XF86Config file by adding "VTSysReq" to the Keyboard 
section.  This should prevent X from catching the standard CTL-ALT-Fx 
keys.  Instead, you would now type ALT-SysRq Fx to switch to another 
VC.

You can, of course, elect to perform only one of these two steps, 
depending on whether you need to disable the key sequence outside or 
inside of X.

--Joe


>On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 pwd at mdtsoft.com wrote:
>> Subject: [ale] How do I disable some VT
>>
>> Something has come up that I have not run into before. I need to turn off
>> the CTL-ALT-Fxx for xx > say 6 (F12 is the important one) I only use virtual
>> consoles ones every blue moon and I need to run an application (R Admin under
>> a VMware NT system) that need (or at least it would be best) to use CLT-ALT-F12
>> as I don't even have a getty on that "port" it would be nice to turn this off
>> but I don't know how.
>>

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