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
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