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Date:      Wed, 25 Feb 1998 20:30:05 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Scott Myron <zamy27@hsonline.net>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: simple question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980225202859.28338w-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <34F43F8B.6073FF11@hsonline.net>

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On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Scott Myron wrote:

> under FreeBSD I can only open 3 tty's.. is there anyway I can open more?

You mean virtual terminals (vty's)?  Sure; just MAKEDEV some more (MAKEDEV
vty10) then start gettys on them from /etc/ttys.

At some point you have to build a new kernel with 

options "MAXCONS=16"

but I think the default is OK (??).

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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