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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc From: "Dmitry Cherkasov" <chd@aval.kiev.ua> Subject: Re: ttys Organization: AVAL BANK Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 13:24:53 GMT Message-ID: <EC2t9H.674@aval.kiev.ua> X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA 970424; i386 FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE] References: <433069.d365eb@f23.n212.z2.fidonet.org> Sender: usenet@aval.kiev.ua (Usenet News Owner) Nntp-Posting-Host: yes.aval.kiev.ua Lines: 36 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.lava.net!news.flex.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!news.cs.kiev.ua!monoli!csoft!aval!yes.aval.kiev.ua!chd Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43219 Geir_Eivind Mork <gemork@online.no> wrote: > How do I get more than four tty's in FreeBSD (virtual ttys), in /dev I've only > got ttyv0-3 ? I'm new with this so.. > _tDr_ 1) Edit /etc/ttys. I have 12 virtual consoles (12th - for X) and here is a piece of my /etc/ttys: [... skipped ...] # ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25r on secure # Virtual terminals ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25r on insecure ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25r on insecure ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25r on insecure ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25r on insecure ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25r on insecure ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25r on insecure ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25r on insecure ttyv8 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25r on insecure ttyv9 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25r on insecure ttyva "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25r on insecure ttyvb "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on insecure [... skipped ...] 2) Create corresponding devices and restart init (or reboot): # cd /dev # sh MAKEDEV vty12 # kill -1 1 That's all as it seems. -- Dmitry Cherkasov, chd@aval.kiev.ua