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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.isp.net!progroup.com!news From: craig@progroup.com (Craig Shaver) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Pesudo Console tty's Help Date: 13 Feb 1996 09:23:29 GMT Organization: Productivity Group, Inc. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4fplah$1k5@trout.progroup.com> References: <4fp575$2k4s@news.gate.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.progroup.com X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 In-Reply-To: <4fp575$2k4s@news.gate.net> To: kwaddell@gate.net (Karl Waddell) In article <4fp575$2k4s@news.gate.net>, kwaddell@gate.net (Karl Waddell) writes: >FreeBSD comes with 3 preconfigured console terminals. I have uncommented out >the line in /etc/ttys to add more. The problem is now the system complains that >it can not find the devices in /dev. Well I did not create those devices yet. I >have been looking for the utility to create those additional devices and can >not find it. I have used "MAKEDEV" without any luck. Should I be using "mknod" >or what utility will create thoses for me? X will not work now because in >"xf86OpenSyscon" thinks it has a ttyv4. Where is that kept as well? I know that >xinit uses it. Any help is appreciated... > Change the vty4 to vty12 or whatever in /dev/MAKEDEV. -- Craig Shaver (craig@progroup.com) (415)390-0654 Productivity Group POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA 94088