From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from server1.shellworld.net ([64.39.15.178] ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18yR7t-0000pM-00 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 01:44:37 -0500 Received: from server1.shellworld.net (ldavis@LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by server1.shellworld.net (8.12.8/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h2R6ibYT086936 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 00:44:37 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ldavis@shellworld.net) Received: from localhost (ldavis@localhost) by server1.shellworld.net (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) with ESMTP id h2R6ibDT086933 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 00:44:37 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ldavis@shellworld.net) X-Authentication-Warning: server1.shellworld.net: ldavis owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 00:44:37 -0600 (CST) From: Luke Davis To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: bogus tty entry In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <200303270117.h2R1Hao10730@sunset.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Yes, the devices are there to make you ask questions. The man page for inittab is there to give answers. Look in /etc/inittab. You will see getty entries for tty0-tty5. Duplicate the last of these entries, making the appropriate changes to numbers, for each additional virtual console you require. Then run: telinit q Luke On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Lorenzo Prince wrote: > Just a question, probably unrelated, but does anyone happen to know how I > can login to more tty's than just 6? My system will only let me login to > tty's 1 through 6, and I see over 40 tty's in /dev. How can I login to > all these other consoles or are they just there to make newbies like me to > ask silly questions? LOL. > > Lorenzo > > E Pluribus Unix > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >