Re: virtual terminals

[ktb <x.y.f@home.com>]

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?
> 

Edit /etc/inittab

Continue adding lines, just change the two outside numbers.

# Format:
#  <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process>
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2

To continue with tty9 -
9:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty9

See "man inittab"
hth,
kent

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