Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 11:27:54 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com> To: Leonard Ong <Leonard_Ong@iname.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Virtual Console Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809051124520.18761-100000@shell6.ba.best.com> In-Reply-To: <199809051715.AAA16485@situ.rad.net.id>
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Did you create devices for ttys in /dev? What does "ls -l /dev/ttyv*" show? If you don't have the devices, then: # su # cd /dev && sh ./MAKEDEV vty11 Let us know if that works. -- Yan I don't have the password + Jan Koum But the path is chainlinked | Spelled Jan, pronounced Yan. There. So if you've got the time | Web: http://www.best.com/~jkb Set the tone to sync + OS: http://www.FreeBSD.org On Sun, 6 Sep 1998, Leonard Ong wrote: >Hello, > >I want to expand my virtual console from default 3 active and 1 inactive to >much more. I have done : >1) compiling kernel with option MAXCONS=16 ( more than needed ) >2) edit ttys to following : > >ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure >ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure >ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure >ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure >ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure >ttyv5 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure >ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure >ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure >ttyv8 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure >ttyv9 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure >ttyv10 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure >ttyv11 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > >But it complained that it can't start tty4-11... what's should i do more ? > >I want to have virtual console active from F1-F5, F6 for xwindows, F7-F8 >reserved, F9 syslog messgae, F10-12 reserved. > >Please let me know what i'm lacking, Thank you > > > > >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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