From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Oct 13 22: 2:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from gershwin.tera.com (gershwin.tera.com [207.224.230.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C87D137B671 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 22:02:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thought.org (tao.sea.tera.com [207.108.223.55]) by gershwin.tera.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA08745; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 22:02:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from kline@localhost) by thought.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e9E52Ir24905; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 22:02:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 22:02:17 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Donn Miller Cc: Gary Kline , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how do I create a total of 6 vtty's? Message-ID: <20001013220217.B24742@tao.thought.org> References: <200010140440.e9E4ehZ24640@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from dmmiller@cvzoom.net on Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 12:51:17AM -0400 X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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