Gerfried's fix for serial consoles

diff --git a/beep.c b/beep.c
index 80fc1ed676eb96c9d5b1ae4f5eb56baf4078ef7d..90ec8370dba1165c7eafc82d4aa3ee483b99911a 100644 (file)
--- a/beep.c
+++ b/beep.c
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ void play_beep(beep_parms_t parms) {
        parms.reps, parms.length, parms.delay, parms.end_delay, parms.freq);
 
   /* try to snag the console */
-  if((console_fd = open("/dev/console", O_WRONLY)) == -1) {
-    fprintf(stderr, "Could not open /dev/console for writing.\n");
+  if((console_fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_WRONLY)) == -1) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Could not open /dev/tty0 for writing.\n");
     printf("\a");  /* Output the only beep we can, in an effort to fall back on usefulness */
     perror("open");
     exit(1);