Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 07:28:24 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> Cc: Gregory Edigarov <greg@cc.ac.kharkov.ua>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VTY question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980312072427.19772A-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <3507D2B0.64E1@barcode.co.il>
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On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Nadav Eiron wrote: > Gregory Edigarov wrote: > > > > Hello! > > > > By default, all BSD systems gives only 8 vtys (Alt-F1...AltF8)... > > And I can't found any reason to limit this number. > > In Linux, I was able to use all 12 vtys. Is anywhere a workaround for this > > problem? > > You can set it in the kernel config file using > options "MAXCONS=12" > > Of course, you also have to edit /etc/ttys to allow login on these extra > terminals, and use MAKEDEV to make device nodes for them. You do?? I always just added the entries in /etc/ttys and made sure the devices were all there. I have 11 vty's, with X running on ttyvb. Also note that you should just use F1 etc. to switch between the vty's, unless you're switching from X to a vty. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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