From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com ([65.9.87.151] helo=localhost) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15Ooqw-0001MM-00 for ; Mon, 23 Jul 2001 19:11:06 -0400 Received: from c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com (c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com [65.9.87.151]) by localhost (8.10.2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f6NNB6x02231 for ; Mon, 23 Jul 2001 23:11:06 GMT Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 19:11:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Carmickle X-Sender: frankiec@localhost To: "speakup@braille.uwo.ca" Subject: Re: virtual consoles In-Reply-To: Message-ID: 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: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: frankiec@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi all I don't believe that there is a compile time option for number of virtual terminals. I think your getting confused with the number of ttys in the pts file system. Yes you will need to mknod new ttys in /dev if your distro didn't make as many as you desire. Also to clear up some things about the x sessions. They do not run gettys or act like ttys. And they do not need to be using a frame buffer. As long as you've have an x-server running for your video card then you should be able to switch to the virtual terminal running a graphical log in manager like xdm or gdm. On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Steve Holmes wrote: > I don't know about kernel compile options at this time but I just went > into inittab and added another console (c7 for tty7) and then did a "init > q" to restart the getties and I now have a seventh terminal available. > Didn't realize it would be so easy. Not sure what the upper limit is; I > thought the kernel had a limit to the number of tty's that could be > created. This might even have to do with the number of devices in /dev. > > These linux internals get more interesting every day! > > On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > I thought the number of consoles was determined by compile time options > > for the kernel. Also, look in /etc/initab. That file has startup code > > for the first six consules and I'm quite sure you just add the additional > > ones you need. I'm not really sure about kernel compil options if that is -- Frank Carmickle phone: 412 761-9568 email: frankiec@dryrose.com