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From: root@dva.in-berlin.de (Boris Staeblow)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Virtual consoles under FreeBSD
Date: 8 Feb 1994 00:10:03 +0100
Organization: Public access UN*X system, 13347 Berlin (65) -- Germany.
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Message-ID: <2j6hot$2fm@dva.in-berlin.de>
References: <CKu7xG.Fq@rasorl.uucp>
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In <CKu7xG.Fq@rasorl.uucp> ras@rasorl.uucp (Bob Schlussler) writes:
>Does FreeBSD (cdrom distribution) support virtual consoles?
>How do you switch between them? Did I miss this in one of the
>README files.
1. add 'options "NCONS=4' (4 (2..12) virtual consoles ) to your
Kernel-config-File.
2. enable the syscons-driver ('device sc0 at ....')
3. Switching: Control-Alt F1 .. F??
Boris
balu@dva.in-berlin.de