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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!news.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.clark.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: [Q] virtual consoles in FreeBSD? Date: 20 Dec 1993 21:21:59 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT Lines: 17 Message-ID: <2f551n$se@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <CI4tyu.6Kp@oea.hobby.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <CI4tyu.6Kp@oea.hobby.nl>, <dan@oea.hobby.nl> wrote: > >Does FreeBSD support virtual consoles? If so, how are they activated. Of course. They are activated by using a console driver that uses them. Syscons is the one that is supplied by default in FreeBSD, so check out the SYSCONS kernel config file and use it as a reference to build yourself a kernel which has virtual console support. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | Freely available *nix clones benefit everyone, nate@cs.montana.edu | so let's not compete with each other, let's work #: (406) 994-4836 | compete with folks who try to tie us down to home #: (406) 586-0579 | proprietary O.S.'s (Microsloth) - Me