From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 21 23:10:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ren.sasknow.com (ren.sasknow.com [207.195.92.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2AB837B83C for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2000 23:10:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Received: from localhost (ryan@localhost) by ren.sasknow.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA19898; Sat, 22 Apr 2000 00:11:15 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 00:11:15 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: rjk191@psu.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How many virtual ttys? In-Reply-To: <20000421124206.B4854@rjk191.rh.psu.edu> Message-ID: Organization: SaskNow Technologies [www.sasknow.com] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Re: high numbered vtys > 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. 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 :) I believe you can. It's not something that I have tried, but assuming the vtys exist and can be created by /dev/MAKEDEV, and have gettys running, the PrintScrn key should iterate through all available virtual consoles. Really, though, if you need more than 10 or 12 ttys, including an X seat, you should save yourself the trouble and check out "screen" in the ports: cd /usr/ports/misc/screen && make all install Allows for a HORRENDOUS amount of consoles, split consoles, and more. It is truly a programmers tool :-) -- Ryan Thompson Systems Administrator, Accounts Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message