Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 22:58:50 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De> To: stefan.veith@mail.online-club.de (Stefan Veith) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: additional consoles Message-ID: <199706302058.WAA24324@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> In-Reply-To: <199706301919.VAA18162@rpops002.rp-online.de> from Stefan Veith at "Jun 30, 97 09:20:27 pm"
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> -- [ From: Stefan Veith * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- > > > I would like to add some virtual consoles for the burne shell (I do not know > if I explain correctly what I think of, I mean the ttyvs). I can currently > switch between Ctrl-F1-F4 and I would like to add about three ones. I > discovered the file /etc/ttys, but adding further ttyvs does not change the > problem, it says: no file /dev/tty4 (and so on). But how can I generate a > suchlike file? # cd /dev # sh MAKEDEV vty10 This will create ten virtual terminal accessible with <ALT>F1 through <ALT>F10. If you you are in X-Window, press <CTRL><ALT>Fn to get back to the text only screens. Wolfgang
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