on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 01:07:06AM -0700, Jed Strauss (strauss@peakpeak.com) wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 11:27:44PM -0800, Alexander Poquet wrote:
> > hey folks.
> >
> > i was just wondering about virtual terms -- is there an easy way to change
> > how many there are? debian seems to default at 6 running getty, and X
> > opens up 7. presumably i can use as many as 12? how does this work?
> > is it as simple as running getty from init, or is there a kernel definition
> > somewhere that specifies how many i can have, or a little of both?
> >
> > is there some documentation on the subject somewhere?
> >
> > --
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>
> I think up until kernel 1.1.54 you had to recompile to change the number
> of virtual consoles. Now you can just add a line in /etc/inittab:
>
> 8:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty8
>
> This will give you another console on cntrl-alt-f8 after a reboot. Be
> careful using tty7 to avoid an X conflict
X launches to the first unoccupied VT if one isn't explicitly specified.
> --I don't know what would happen if getty and X both tried to use the
> same device.
Things get ugly. Fast.
> There's a huge number of tty's available (try ls
> /dev/tty*),
64 by default. You can compile in more if you need them.
> but I suppose you're limited to 12, one for each of the F keys.
Nope.
man chvt
Cheers.
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