Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 22:16:37 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!) Message-ID: <20101127221637.5b884312.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin-dH9QYCuLGTXMiMDcC=2FD7Mg9mkvc53DdkrN@mail.gmail.com> References: <4CED8855.23373.40E2965D@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <4CEEC055.15679.45A559A8@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <20101125212508.82f1a646.freebsd@edvax.de> <4CEF9A55.29535.48F8EF07@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <AANLkTinAPe_o3ehZ%2BPKnK%2BoV0xquuSVo7g-Y6csZerJv@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTin-dH9QYCuLGTXMiMDcC=2FD7Mg9mkvc53DdkrN@mail.gmail.com>
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> For a standard installation, there's also the base console > functionality: ALT+F(n) key combo - each one, F1 up to (IIRC) F12, > gets a different console. This depends on how many virtual consoles have been defined in the /etc/ttys file. I think the default is 0 up to 7, and 8 (corresponds to PF9) is X. The consoles for Alt+PF10,11,12 can be added easily. > I often leave the main console alone to > display system messages while I work at other consoles. In former times, this was my STANDARD development setting (text-mode only), 80x25 each. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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