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From: kaleb@x.org (Kaleb Keithley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: [Q] virtual consoles in FreeBSD?
Date: 20 Dec 93 23:34:07 GMT
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nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes:

>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.

Been there, done that. Made the entries in /dev. Changed /etc/ttys to
run a getty on /dev/ttyv0. Whether I run a getty on the others or
not, when I switch to onother virt. terminal the terminal driver hangs.
Only way out is the big red switch :-(

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Kaleb Keithley