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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!news.inc.net!news.moneng.mei.com!news.ecn.bgu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!not-for-mail From: gendalia@menelos.cs.iastate.edu (Tracy J. Di Marco) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: virt. consoles Date: 23 Aug 1995 02:05:49 GMT Organization: Chaos Lines: 17 Message-ID: <41e2dt$v0@news.iastate.edu> References: <dkleinh.808589584@isotope.ps.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: solstice.cc.iastate.edu Keywords: consoles Dirk Kleinhesselink <dkleinh@isotope.ps.uci.edu> wrote: } HI, I recently installed NetBSD 1.0 on my i486 machine and I have some }questions I would appreciate if someone would/could answer for me: }Does NetBSD have virtual consoles, like Linux (I have used Linux for a year }now and want to try out BSD) ? If so, how do I set them up and access them ? }Do I have to configure a kernel for them (I did manage to make a new kernel). Yes. The program is called pcvt, and you do need to change the kernel config file to use it. I'm using -current, so my information may be incorrect, but I believe all you need to do there is replace pc with vt for the console driver. You'll also need to configure the console setup. -- Tracy Di Marco gendalia@solstice.cc.iastate.edu '"Actually this is a common misconception...I do *not* in fact have a lot of time on my hands at all! I just have a very very very very bad sense of priorities." --Dean Engelhardt' -- David Sweeney