Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 14:25:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin Eliuk <kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net> To: Stefan Veith <stefan.veith@mail.online-club.de> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: additional consoles Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970630141956.360B-100000@kevin.sunshine.net> In-Reply-To: <199706301919.VAA18162@rpops002.rp-online.de>
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On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, Stefan Veith wrote:
> -- [ From: Stefan Veith * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
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> I would like to add some virtual consoles for the burne shell (I do not know
> if I explain correctly what I think of, I mean the ttyvs). I can currently
> switch between Ctrl-F1-F4 and I would like to add about three ones. I
> discovered the file /etc/ttys, but adding further ttyvs does not change the
> problem, it says: no file /dev/tty4 (and so on). But how can I generate a
> suchlike file?
>
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Once you have edited /etc/ttys, the next step is to make sure that you have
enough virtual terminal devices. The easiest way to do this is:
cd /dev
./MAKEDEV vty12 # For 12 devices
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