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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news2.isp.net!progroup.com!news From: Craig Shaver <craig@progroup.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Virtual Consoles Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 19:11:24 -0800 Organization: Productivity Group, Inc. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <31293BDC.41C67EA6@progroup.com> References: <4g108j$6bi@online.dct.com> <yfgvil5klrk.fsf@time.cdrom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: seabass.progroup.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > In article <4g108j$6bi@online.dct.com> bleau@dct.com writes: > > I hit alt F1 thru F3 and after that I have no more to choose. I'd like to > have all twelve available. How can I do it? Also I installed colorls and > > Edit /etc/ttys and turn on more vty entries, following the existing examples. > After you've edited the file, do a `kill -1 1' as root. > > Jordan I had to edit /dev/MAKEDEV and change the line sh MAKEDEV vty4 to sh MAKEDEV vty12 to get it to make the devices. I tried editing /etc/tty first, but that did not work. My f12 is set aside for X and I can switch from my X session to a terminal using ctl-alt-F??. ---- Craig Shaver (craig@progroup.com) (415)390-0654 Productivity Group POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA 94088