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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.iag.net!trauma.rn.com!not-for-mail From: larry@rn.com (Larry Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: multiple vt's increase to 8 Date: 11 Aug 1995 10:36:55 -0000 Organization: none Lines: 14 Message-ID: <40fbs7$134@trauma.rn.com> References: <40dt73$416@trauma.rn.com> <DD5Atn.Fn5@ritz.mordor.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: trauma.iag.net In article <DD5Atn.Fn5@ritz.mordor.com>, Chris Mauritz <ritz@ritz.mordor.com> wrote: >Larry Snyder (larry@rn.com) wrote: >: How do I increase the number of virtual terminals on >: the console from the default of 3 to 8? > >Isn't this configurable in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/yourkernel? >I believe the option in your case would be: > >options "MAXCONS=8" >Of course, then you need to config...make depend...make all...etc. I'm running with the MAXCONS=10 as the default - but I don't have the 10 VT's available -- only 3..