Re: Think I need ttyN where N>8...

[Wilko Fokken <wfok@arcor.de>]

On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 03:45:58PM +0100, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I think I need to make more tty-devices, and I'm using devfs, so the 
> short question is: How can I make more than the usual tty0 to tty8? 
> (Because it is only those in Debian from the start, right...?)
> 
Do you mean devices '/dev/tty0' .. '/dev/tty63' ? (Debian defaults)

Or do you want to use more of them in text mode ?
	then add them to '/etc/inittab' (excluding tty7 used by X).

	With '/etc/inittab' supplemented, e.g.:
	
	8:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty8
	9:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty9
	10:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty10
	11:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty11
	12:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty12
	...
	24:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty24

	
	(after relogin),
	access the new available text screens:

	<Alt-F1> .. <Alt-F12>, <AltGr-F1> .. <AltGr-F12>
	 (tty1)      (tty12)    (tty13)       (tty24)