Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:43:31 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Dan Langille <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> Cc: David Knapp <dknapp@slonet.org>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Newbie question about switching screens Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.02.9808121137300.12975-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <199808110611.SAA14623@cyclops.xtra.co.nz>
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On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Dan Langille wrote: > On 14 Jan 80, at 4:19, David Knapp wrote: > > > I would like to be able to read the man pages and/or Handbook and be able > > to switch between the page I'm reading and the system prompt. Is this > > possible, and if so - can you please point me to a man page or faq or > > tell me what to do?? > > When I need to do this, I use ALT-F1/2/3 to use whichever virtual terminal > I want to use. I don't know where the limit is specified. But it would > be useful to increase it to 5 or 6. This is possible by creating more vty's using: /dev/MAKDEV vty6 for 6 vty's You'll also have to make entries for gettys in /etc/ttys. Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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