Resolve /dev/console to the active tty instead of just "tty0"

[elogind.git] / src / shared / util.c

diff --git a/src/shared/util.c b/src/shared/util.c
index 838885a464c3ae0964193e818cc38d005d992637..b77d010d2d5801a60da5e1492c5acadf6b2ae00b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/shared/util.c
+++ b/src/shared/util.c
@@ -3700,6 +3700,16 @@ char *resolve_dev_console(char **active) {
         else
                 tty = *active;
 
+        if (streq(tty, "tty0")) {
+                char *tmp;
+
+                /* Get the active VC (e.g. tty1) */
+                if (read_one_line_file("/sys/class/tty/tty0/active", &tmp) >= 0) {
+                        free(*active);
+                        tty = *active = tmp;
+                }
+        }
+
         return tty;
 }