From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (out4-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 709441EF508 for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:22:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.45]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5833C20672 for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:22:39 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend2.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.161]) by compute5.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:22:39 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ftml.net; h=date :from:to:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type; s=mesmtp; bh=zkO/dEhe9qIWn36wN9hu3bTgg5c=; b=KBg/ 3AgwGE3Wq2VY4E+2mWsY2vmBv/VGn/RWPh2ru2DaceIUOecFEcLtAd68PtkqIDko dFuh7xPGRPTaQFfQOo32jVsEpdXe+V/2U0QzuM+rBuhGJJOw+6hGdhUagQb4YOie XYF97bRzGeJGL6BpyRg5vKRItoF2kwX3Z548aX8= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to :message-id:references:mime-version:content-type; s=smtpout; bh= zkO/dEhe9qIWn36wN9hu3bTgg5c=; b=fHVIuMsUa20UsByc1VAU80Nab0wmHCwq bf5lax2RTl0LabKGvP/BJ5KdzCtAtvaJ4Oe0UJM4I20ZXGH5Dwf2ktmH7h7yWMiL ZoCMFcn3oZzt2/FyCPxvTyCMyf9j7TVzol0prXrcgQTihU4JoNqSKeMBssZNBj6i zifSchHItqc= X-Sasl-enc: FeutjNXeZY2nNuq9z6v5kgL8ZCB4cfYr3nMpL/jjBlHB 1356366159 Received: from ln (unknown [108.44.61.75]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 0DCFD4827CB for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:22:38 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:22:24 -0500 From: Chuck Hallenbeck X-X-Sender: chuckh@ln.kansys.inc To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Virtual consoles in Arch In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (LNX 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:22:42 -0000 Hi Gene, The new systed infrastructure for archlinux no longer uses some of those familiar and convenient files that other distros still use. Thanks anyway, but I'd rather tighten my belt and stick with six VC's than move away from archlinux again. Chuck On Mon, 24 Dec 2012, acollins@icsmail.net wrote: > Hello Chuck! Well, I use Debian, instead of arch, but if you look in > /etc/inittab, you should find several lines like this. > > 6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6 > if you duplicate this line, and then change the sixes to sevens, and > then do an init 2, the system should allocate another console. If you > add more lines, with eights, nines, etc. you can have up to 64 virtual > consoles pre-allocated at system startup. You can also look at your > distro for a package called openvt, which will let you allocate more > consoles on the fly. Hope this helps. > > Gene > > > >Hi Kyle, > > > >> Systemd allocates virtual consoles as needed, so simply switching to one wil > l > >> automatically create it. There should no longer be any need to statically > >> allocate more, as you start now with only one. Hope this helps. > > > >That only seems to work for the first six colnsoles for me, there seems to > >be no way to switch to console 7, or 8, etc. I normally move from one > >console to another with alt+right-arrow, or alt+left-arrow, and when I am > >in console 6 and press alt+right-arrow, I am back in console 1. Likewise, > >alt+F7 doesn't do it for me either. > > > >Chuck > > > >-- > > > >Chuck in Hudson, i.e., Hudson on the Hudson. > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@linux-speakup.org > >http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Chuck in Hudson, i.e., Hudson on the Hudson.