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#! rnews 1854 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.apfel.de!news-fra1.dfn.de!news-koe1.dfn.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!gtnduss1.du.gtn.com!www.punkt.de!not-for-mail From: "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Just Installed FreeBSD: Problems, Suggestions Date: 3 Jun 1997 08:24:27 GMT Organization: WEB Internet Services Lines: 31 Message-ID: <01bc6ff7$a8fba2c0$f3e94dc2@hugo09.ticsoft.de> References: <5mvvfr$h24$1@newbabylon.rs.itd.umich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hugo09.ticsoft.de X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42110 andrew fabbro <afabbro@brokenarrow.us.itd.umich.edu> wrote in <5mvvfr$h24$1@newbabylon.rs.itd.umich.edu>... > (*) When I added more virtual terminals, 'kill -HUP 1' did not activate > them, despite what the FAQ said. Unfortunately, neither did rebooting...I > edited /etc/ttys, MAKEDEV'd, rebooted...what am I missing? > > greenbuddha# grep ttyv /etc/ttys > ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure > ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure > ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure > ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure > ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure > greenbuddha# ls -C /dev/ttyv* > /dev/ttyv0 /dev/ttyv2 /dev/ttyv4 /dev/ttyv6 > /dev/ttyv1 /dev/ttyv3 /dev/ttyv5 /dev/ttyv7 > greenbuddha# kill -HUP 1 > greenbuddha# > > ...and still no vt's beyond the first 3. See the word "off" in the lines, you added? And the word "on" in the lines that work? Exactly. Patrick