Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 09:09:11 GMT From: bart.lateur@skynet.be (Bart Lateur) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How many virtual ttys? Message-ID: <3904b414.7406636@relay.skynet.be> In-Reply-To: <20000421124206.B4854@rjk191.rh.psu.edu> References: <3900781c.31856@relay.skynet.be> <20000421124206.B4854@rjk191.rh.psu.edu>
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Thanks to both for the reply. I only have a few minor questions left. On Fri, 21 Apr 2000 12:42:06 -0400, Ray Kohler wrote: >> I can only see ttyv0 to ttyv7, apart from the console where I logged in. >> >> So, question: where have the other 8 virtual consoles gone? > >They still exist, but since there are no gettys running on them, you >can't use them. Which terminals get which gettys is controlled in >/etc/ttys. Is 16 a number that is hardcoded into the system? If only 8 vtty's are activated, shouldn't the number 16 be reduced? How much memory do these "16 virtual consoles" take up, anyway? And if 8 vtty's is too much, shouldn't that number be reduced? I assume that getty is only necessary for the physical keyboard, not for external logins. Is that right? >You can always add more, but it's of course not such a >good idea to make more terminals than you have F-keys, cuz then you >can't reach them :) Oh. I had assumed a mechanism as was used on the Atari ST, where you had to press one of the special keys (either shift or control, I forgot) together with the function key. Press shift+F1 and you get F11 (assuming 10 physical keys). These key combinations even had separate keyscancode. -- Bart. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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