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Update Question 11.12:

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- Update default virtual terminal count from 4 to 8
- Add non-breakable spaces for better rendering
- Add —
- Mark up kill(1) with <command>

Reviewed by:  trhodes, danger
Approved by:  gabor
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Gabor Pali 2008-06-21 07:57:34 +00:00
parent 2407b9c7b4
commit 60cb34d0b0
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=32351
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@ -6853,17 +6853,12 @@ EndSection</programlisting>
<para>To enable more of them, edit
<filename>/etc/ttys</filename> (see &man.ttys.5;)
and add entries for <devicename>ttyv4</devicename>
and add entries for <devicename>ttyv8</devicename>
to <devicename>ttyvc</devicename> after the comment on
<quote>Virtual terminals</quote>:</para>
<programlisting># Edit the existing entry for ttyv3 in /etc/ttys and change
<programlisting># Edit the existing entry for ttyv8 in /etc/ttys and change
# "off" to "on".
ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv8 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv9 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyva "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
@ -6871,7 +6866,7 @@ ttyvb "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure</programlisting>
<para>Use as many or as few as you want. The more virtual
terminals you have, the more resources that are used; this
can be important if you have 8MB RAM or less. You may also
can be important if you have 8&nbsp;MB RAM or less. You may also
want to change the <literal>secure</literal>
to <literal>insecure</literal>.</para>
@ -6880,7 +6875,7 @@ ttyvb "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure</programlisting>
<emphasis>must</emphasis> leave at least one virtual
terminal unused (or turned off) for it to use. That is to
say that if you want to have a login prompt pop up for all
twelve of your Alt-function keys, you are out of luck - you
twelve of your Alt-function keys, you are out of luck &mdash; you
can only do this for eleven of them if you also want to run
an X server on the same machine.</para>
</important>
@ -6914,8 +6909,8 @@ ttyvb "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure</programlisting>
<para>It is imperative that you completely shut down X Window if
it is running, before running this command. If you do not,
your system will probably appear to hang/lock up after
executing the kill command.</para>
your system will probably appear to hang or lock up after
executing the <command>kill</command> command.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>