Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-ncis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!tolerant.UUCP!uucp From: uucp@tolerant.UUCP (UNIX-UNIX Cp) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: Submission for comp-unix-microport Message-ID: <8901060903.AA22049@handel.TOLERANT> Date: 6 Jan 89 09:03:47 GMT Sender: uuclerk@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 59 Path: tolerant!voder!apple!rutgers!ukma!uflorida!haven!umbc3!cbw1!brian From: brian@cbw1.UUCP (Brian Cuthie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: Re: System Crash Message-ID: <126@cbw1.UUCP> Date: 4 Jan 89 15:46:11 GMT References: <249@cosi.UUCP> <1700004@spdyne> <195@wa3wbu.UUCP> Reply-To: brian@cbw1.UMD.EDU (Brian Cuthie) Organization: CBW, Columbia, MD 21046 Lines: 48 In article <195@wa3wbu.UUCP> john@wa3wbu.UUCP (John Gayman) writes: >In article <1700004@spdyne>, root@spdyne.UUCP writes: >> >> >> >> >> Also - I recall seeing something about support for more than 4 virtual >> >> consoles in 3.0e. Does anyone know what I have to do to get, say, 10 >> >> consoles? >> >> >> > The first thing I did when I installed 3.0e was to set it up for >> > 10 virtual consoles like my V/AT had. Everything is already configured >> >> Ok, So I executed `mknod cons4 c 5 4' Added a getty into the /etc/inittab >> and guess what? I got a bunch of errors on the console...about not >> being able to open it...... >> >> Do I have to bring the System down or what? >> > > You should not have to bring the system down. The only exception >to what you and I are doing is that I did not use the plain vanilla >kernel that came with the system. I immediately generated a kernel >with the Everex Tape driver, rebooted and then added the extra >consoles. I did not do anything in linkkit to enable them. It is [...] Use patch to look at a kernel variable called 'kd_numttys'. I This is (I think) the maximum number of virtual consoles. It is set in the linkkit to be 32. It may however only be four in the distributed version. -brian -- Brian D. Cuthie uunet!umbc3!cbw1!brian Columbia, MD brian@umbc3.umd.edu