TERMINALS / DISPLAYS

/usr/share/lib/terminfo    Directory with all support terminal info files.

tty            Displays what the tty/pty number of the terminal is.

termdef        reports the termtype setup in smit for the tty port
               that termdef is run on.

chdev -l (device eg tty1) -a term=vt100     Sets tty to a vt100 terminal type

penable tty0      adds getty line into /etc/inittab for tty0 and starts getty
pdisable tty0     disables the getty line and disables getty

penable / pdisable -a option is for all

stty erase ^?     Set backspace key for vt100 terminals
stty erase ^H     Set backspace key for wyse50 terminals

lscons                                              Displays the console device
chcons -a login=enable (device eg /dev/tty1)        Changes the console device

lsdisp            Display adapter device information
chdisp            Change default display used by LFT subsystem


Create ttys on ports 0 to 7 on adapter sa2 :-

for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
do
  mkdev -c tty1 -t tty -s rs232 -p sa2 -w$i -a login=enable -a term=vt100
done

portmir -t /dev/tty0     Mirror current terminal onto /dev/tty0
portmir -o               Turns off port mirroring