## NAME

deallocvt - deallocate unused virtual consoles

## SYNOPSIS

deallocvt

## DESCRIPTION

The command deallocvt deallocates kernel memory and data structures for all unused virtual consoles. If one or more arguments N ... are given, only the corresponding consoles /dev/ttyN are deallocated.

A virtual console is unused if it is not the foreground console, and no process has it open for reading or writing, and no text has been selected on its screen.

## SEE ALSO

chvt (1), openvt (1)