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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

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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
>
>
>
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