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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 16:14:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Robert Chalmers <robert@nanguo.chalmers.com.au>
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Subject: Re: virtual screens missing
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On Mon, 9 Dec 1996, Robert Chalmers wrote:

> Does anyone know why the system at start up tells me I have
> (MDA/Hercules) 16 virtual screens available,
> 
> yet in reality I only have 3?

Because only three are configured by default.  You need to modify the
kernel, modify /etc/ttys, and add some devices to gain control over the
other terminals.

I have 8 vty's and one X terminal at current.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major