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From: csgr@cs.ru.ac.za (Geoff Rehmet)
Subject: Re: Virtual Screens in FREEBSD
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Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 09:10:29 GMT
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In <2t80n2$t0l@nkosi.well.com> edwyn@well.sf.ca.us (Edwyn Abenes) writes:


>How do I get virtual screens to work in FreeBSD? Do I have to recompile the
>kernel? The FreeBSD package came with a command called screens, but this
>command only works for one user and not multiple logins from /dev/console.

If You are running FreeBSD 1.1.0 or earlier, then you must recompile the
kernel to get virtual consoles.  (You have to use the syscons console
driver, which supports up to 12 vty's.)
You will also need to enable getty's on the vty's by editing /etc/ttys,
and possibly (I can't remember if any ttyv? entries are shipped in /dev)
create some /dev/ttyv? entries using /dev/MAKEDEV.

For some more pointers on how to get going, have a look at 
/sys/i386/conf/SYSCONS,
the screen(4) manual page,
and the FreeBSD FAQ may also give you some pointers.

Geoff.
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