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Date:      Sun, 23 Apr 2000 19:38:09 +1000 (EST)
From:      andrew@ugh.net.au
To:        Bart Lateur <bart.lateur@skynet.be>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How many virtual ttys?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004231934500.57283-100000@starbug.ugh.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <3904b414.7406636@relay.skynet.be>

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On Sun, 23 Apr 2000, Bart Lateur wrote:

> I assume that getty is only necessary for the physical keyboard, not for
> external logins. Is that right?

Its not needed for pseudo terminals but you need it for physical ones, be
that the keyboard or serial terminals.

> Oh. I had assumed a mechanism as was used on the Atari ST, where you had
> to press one of the special keys (either shift or control, I forgot)
> together with the function key. Press shift+F1 and you get F11 (assuming
> 10 physical keys).

Yes you can do that under FreeBSD. The extra key is shift.

Andrew



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