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From: chilton@MCS.COM (Christopher Hilton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: multiple vt's increase to 8
Date: 11 Aug 1995 16:17:21 -0500
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References: <40dt73$416@trauma.rn.com> <DD5Atn.Fn5@ritz.mordor.com> <40fbs7$134@trauma.rn.com>
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In article <40fbs7$134@trauma.rn.com>, Larry Snyder <larry@rn.com> wrote:
>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..
Assuming you made the kernel what you need to do is make the device
entries in the /dev/directory and then enable logins on
the other 7 virtuals. To make the device entries you need to go into
the /dev directory and run the MAKEDEV script. On my laptop this would
be:
# cd /dev
# ./MAKEDEV vty09
This script may have changed between releases so take a look at before
you run it.
To enable the new terminals edit the /etc/ttys file and add lines
for the ttys:
ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv8 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv9 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
Then shutdown the machine and bring it back up again.
--------
This will reload the init process and make room to control all the new
ttys. BTW - kill -HUP 1 from the command line _should_ have the same
effect but I'm truly paraniod and know that rebooting will work right.
In the ttys file you should find entries for your _four_ existing
ttys. Only three of them will be enabled in the fourth field of one
of them, ttyv3?, will be the word off rathern than on. This is so you
can run X. If you want to run X then leave a virtual tty disabled for
it otherwise you can enable them all.
Any other questions, feel free to write me. Also if you want better
explainations of whats going on here than you can get by reading the
man pages yada yada yada.
C.
--
Christopher Sean Hilton E-mail: chilton@mcs.com
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