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increasing the number of virtual consoles

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User stevek007
Incident Number 24731
Date 2002/06/12 18:26
Status Incident closed
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stevek007 : 12/06/02 06:26 PM : Incident created
-   how do I increase the number of virtual consoles from 7 to 12

 
Linegod_7611 : 12/06/02 06:42 PM : Reply received
-   You actually have 6 virtual consoles, and 1 X server. To increase the number
of 'mingettys' (man mingetty) you can edit '/etc/inittab' and add them
under '6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6' , increasing the number at the
beginning and end of the line for each console you want to add.

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stevek007 : 13/06/02 11:02 AM : Incident closed
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