Re: Getty ports - dumb question

1996-09-10 Thread Jim Worthington
Bill Roman wrote: They're running on your virtual consoles. Try holding down the left Alt key and pressing function keys. Log in on each virtual console. Pretty slick, eh? I used this feature a lot when I had only 4 MB of RAM, as that's not enough to run X in (unless you like watching

Getty ports - dumb question

1996-09-09 Thread Jim Worthington
I did a ps and found these getty ports running: 186 2 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty2 187 3 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty3 188 4 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty4 189 5 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty5 190 6 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty6 I only have 2 serial ports ttyS0 and

Re: Getty ports - dumb question

1996-09-09 Thread Bruce Perens
[Why do I have gettys running on tty1 through tty6? I only have 2 serial ports] These are virtual consoles using your VGA card. Push LeftAlt-F2 on your console (I think it's Control-LeftAlt-F2 or Shift-LeftAlt-F2 if you are running X) and you will be on tty2. And so on for Alt-F3, through Alt-F6.

Re: Getty ports - dumb question

1996-09-09 Thread Lazaro . Salem
that file as recommended in it. Bruce: That could be part of the installation process in Debian 1.2 maybe. __ Reply Separator _ Subject: Getty ports - dumb question Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] at cclink Date:09.09.96 10:02 I