On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Ramon Gandia wrote:
> Axalon wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Lang Zhi wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > How to add more virtual console so that i can ue alt-F9,alt-F10 etc?
> > > Which file to edit ?
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > -lz
> >
> > #AxaLons Mods v0.00.1
> > #These are for /etc/inittab
> > #
> > ###INTALLATION README
> > # make sure the /dev/tty*'s exist or you'll be unhappy
> > # and so will i if u haven't done the following
> > # cd /dev
> > # MAKEDEV tty??
> > # where ?? is the ones u don't have
> > ###
> > #L8R [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 7:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty7
> > 8:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty8
> > 9:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty9
> > 10:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty10
> > 11:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty11
> > 12:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty12
>
> You better leave one open for the X console, or you will not
> be able to get back in (at least not easily if you can't
> remember the strange keyboard shortcut). I would stop
> at the 11th VC, and leave the f12 key for the Xconsole.
with that setup my Xservers start at the 15th VC (right_alt-F3)
but yes i wouldn't recommend putting anything on 20-24
> A lot of people like to redirect the output of a program,
> typically a log file etc. to one of the consoles, or to
> a serial port for printing or logging.
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