virtual consoles

[Gregory Nowak]

Now that you mention it,
I can't access anything beyond 
alt+f6 either.
I never knew that.
Greg


On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 03:01:00AM -0500, 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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