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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.dra.com!news.he.net!usenet65.supernews.com!no.such.domain!gsladic From: gsladic@no.such.domain (George Sladic) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Adding virtual terminals problem Date: 24 Dec 1996 21:08:06 GMT Organization: Sirius Cybernetics, Sirius City branch Lines: 18 Message-ID: <59pgnm$b0p@usenet78.supernews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.248.188.195 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33208 I'm trying to add a fifth virtual terminal under freebsd 2.1.5 and am having problems getting it to work. I've added the appropriate lines in /etc/ttys and do a "kill -1 1" to re-read the file but get an error message saying "no such device" when I try access the new ttyv4. In /dev there are ttyv0 ttyv1 ttyv2 and ttyv3 but no ttyv4. When I try to MAKEDEV ttyv4, I get an error message saying "no such device". Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Please forward suggestions via e-mail to gsladic@mcs.com Thanks and Happy Holidays George email: gsladic@mcs.com