Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 08:26:37 +0200 From: Lonewolf <lonewolf@apotheosis.za.org> To: Patrick Hyland <pbh@lostinspace.za.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: making more virtual ttyv's Message-ID: <19990506082637.A83304@apotheosis.za.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905052344360.12237-100000@mercury.lostinspace.za.net>; from "Patrick Hyland" on Wed, May 05, 1999 at 11:45:21PM References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905052344360.12237-100000@mercury.lostinspace.za.net>
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cd /dev && ./MAKEDEV vty11 will create 11 ttyv's for you. Take a peek inside /dev/MAKEDEV, the comments are rather helpful. :) -- lonewolf@apotheosis.za.org On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 11:45:21PM +0200, Patrick Hyland wrote: > I would like to create some more virtual tty's vy editing etc/tty > But first I need to MAKEDEV the tty's. These are the ttyv#'s I have now > > [pbh@mercury] /dev $ ls ttyv > ttyv0 ttyv1 ttyv2 ttyv3 > > I thought making ttyv4 would be as simple as ./MAKEDEV ttyv4 > > but > > [pbh@mercury] /dev $ ./MAKEDEV ttyv4 > ttyv4 - no such device name > [pbh@mercury] /dev $ > > I obviously do not understand the process. If someone could help, > Id appreciate it. I want to make ttyv's for a total of 11 virtual terminals > > Thanks > Patrick > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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