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Date:      Wed, 21 May 1997 11:02:36 +0000
From:      lars.falch@dbergstrom.dk
To:        Christoph Kukulies  <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Virtual consoles? 
Message-ID:  <Chameleon.864212653.lars.falch@schmock.dbergstrom.dk>
References:  <199705211001.MAA14510@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> 

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> add lines to /etc/ttys like:
> # Virtual terminals
> 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/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
> ttyv7   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  off secure    

Okey, and the last one, which is set to off, is that where the 
X server is running?

> cd /dev
> ./MAKEDEV vty8

So I should make a device for each of the ones that doesn't 
already exist?

> kill -HUP 1

And what does this do?



Thanks,
Lars




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