Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 23:46:47 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: Eric Kylstra <erick@accessone.com> Cc: questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Virtual terminals above ttyv3 - adding to ttys doesn't work Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961208234525.3518A-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <9612090735.AA08536@pulm1.accessone.com>
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On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Eric Kylstra wrote: > Ok, I know I'm missing something obvious. I have tried adding a ttyv4 > to the ttys file in /etc. No go. Just says that ttyv4 doesn't exist. > > In the /dev directory there is no ttyv4. If I use MAKEDEV ttyv4 from > the /dev directory I get the reply that ttyv4 doesn't exist (I KNOW > that!). > > What am I missing? Thanks! > Eric Kylstra > erick@accessone.com > > This I can help you with, 'cause I had the exact same problem. The answer is to run "MAKEDEV vty5" from /dev, and, as was pointed out to me, this can be found if you browse MAKEDEV, which is a shell script. Ben The views expressed above are not those of the Worker's Compensation Board of Queensland, Australia.
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