virtual consoles

[Steve Holmes]

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
> necessary or not but definitely the initab is worth looking at.  I've
> personally never had more than four consules open at once so far.
>
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Raul A. Gallegos wrote:
>
> > I've always used slackware linux and only have access to 6 consoles.  I can move across them with alt-left-arrow or alt-right-arrow in addition to the alt-f1
> > through alt-f6 but I can never get to 7 through 12, this would be nice to do if I can figure it out.
> >
> > On Sun, 22 Jul 2001 00:11:51 -0400 (EDT), Frank Carmickle wrote:
> >
> > >Hi Greg
> > >
> > >I don't actually think there is a limit on the number of consoles one
> > >can use.  If you want to get more then 12 you have to setup your keymap
> > >and inittab.  There is one more step involved but it escapes me right
> > >now.  The issue is that each of the gettys takes up a bit of memory.  Your
> > >probably better off running screen once you get above 12 anyway.
> >
> >
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