#include #include #include #include #include static char *vterms[] = {"/dev/tty", "/dev/tty0", "/dev/vc/0", "/dev/systty", "/dev/console"}; int chvt_str(char *str) { char *err; errno = 0; long i = strtol(str, &err, 10); if (errno) { perror("strol"); return -1; } // I'm not gonna elaborate on this.... if (i > INT_MAX || i < INT_MIN || *err) return -1; return chvt((int)i); } int chvt(int n) { fprintf(stderr, "activating vt %d\n", n); char c = 0; for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(vterms) / sizeof(vterms[0]); i++) { int fd = open(vterms[i], O_RDWR); if (fd >= 0 && isatty(fd) && ioctl(fd, KDGKBTYPE, &c) == 0 && c < 3) { if (ioctl(fd, VT_ACTIVATE, n) < 0 || ioctl(fd, VT_WAITACTIVE, n) < 0) { fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't activate vt %d\n", n); return -1; } return 0; } close(fd); } fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console.\n"); return -1; }