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Date:      Mon, 9 Dec 1996 16:14:34 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Robert Chalmers <robert@nanguo.chalmers.com.au>
Cc:        bsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: virtual screens missing
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961209161341.1382W-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199612090511.PAA00169@nanguo.chalmers.com.au>

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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




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