Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 00:39:26 -0700 From: "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kg@versys.net> To: vasu@inorbit.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help need on consoles Message-ID: <3911292E.E98CA5CE@versys.net> References: <000504030657HH.28337@weba7.iname.net>
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vasu@inorbit.com wrote: > > Hello FreeBSD'r > > Once again I need some help on FreeBSD. I m fimiliar > with BSDI's BSD and so I have questions due to differnce > in the two.. > > In BSDI .. we were able to get 8 console screens... > (Alt+f1, .. Alt+f8) stuff.. but in freebsd we get > only 3 such screens.. In BSDI .. we used to just > modify the /etc/ttys file to increase or decrease this > number but I find this file to be different in freebsd. This should help. I currently have 8 (ttyv[0-7]). <snip /etc/ttys> # If console is marked "insecure", then init will ask for the root password # when going to single-user mode. console none unknown off secure # ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure # Virtual terminals ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure -- Regards, Kevin G. Eliuk Technician | VerSys Communications Ltd. | http://www.versys.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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