Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 22:02:17 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Donn Miller <dmmiller@cvzoom.net> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how do I create a total of 6 vtty's? Message-ID: <20001013220217.B24742@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010140045160.74449-100000@lcl12.cvzoom.net>; from dmmiller@cvzoom.net on Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 12:51:17AM -0400 References: <200010140440.e9E4ehZ24640@thought.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010140045160.74449-100000@lcl12.cvzoom.net>
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On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 12:51:17AM -0400, Donn Miller wrote: > On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > What do I need to do to make a total of 6 virtual ttys? There are > > only 4 ttyvN entries in /etc/ttys but 12 entries in /dev. > > Just edit /etc/ttys, and add more entries. BTW, 4.1.1-stable has 8 vtys > in /etc/ttys. You want to add some vtys like this: > > ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > ttyv6 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure > > Then, do a "kill -HUP 1" to make the changes to your /etc/ttys file > active. > > You must be running FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE, correct? > No, 4.1, actually. I need more to do xdm remote using only *this* CRT to reach my two other networked servers. gary PS: I'll need to edit the 4.1.1 or 4.2 config, or mod my /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/* files... hmmmm. > -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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