Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 20:01:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Joseph Stein <joes@seaport.net> Cc: impbbs@polbox.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Default no. of VTY's (was Re: EXAC for FreeBSD?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970804200038.6856H-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199708032138.OAA02811@shasta.wstein.com>
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On Sun, 3 Aug 1997, Joseph Stein wrote: > > You may have to rebuild your kernel to get extra consoles, but I'm sure > > the default is 16. > > Here's a really stupid question... > > The default (at least according to the GENERIC I have that gets updated > with CVSup) is 16. > > There are only 12 F-keys; and it's tedious to get to VTY's 13, 14, 15 and > 16 (use ALT-F12, then press 'Print Screen') > > Why not make the default 12? > > Or am I missing something? I don't know, perhaps its in case someone figures out how to make a vt320, which has an insane number of function keys, a console? 16's also a binary round number where 12 isn't. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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