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From: Markus Baeurle <s671687@rghx50.gp.fht-esslingen.de>
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Subject: Re: Virtual terminals
Date: 14 Aug 1995 12:56:02 GMT
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lauzon@sun22.cs.wisc.edu (Shawn Lauzon) wrote:
> I was wondering how to create more terminals in NetBSD.  I know there's
> configurations to change in the kernel, but how do you actually GET to the
> other terminals?  Thanks.

I only know FreeBSD up to now (but will have NetBSD on my Acorn Risc PC at home
very soon) so maybe it's not the same but I think it is. You switch with
ALT-F1 to (for exmaple, if you have 4 virtual terminals) ALT-F4.
Probably, you'll have to add more entries to /etc/tty before.
Under X, you switch with CTRL-ALT-<F-key> and back to X with ALT and the first
F-key that's not occupied by a virtual terminal.

Hope this helps

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