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Various minor tweaks in the 'virtual consoles' section.

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Giorgos Keramidas 2002-10-05 03:03:51 +00:00
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@ -1432,8 +1432,8 @@ login:</screen>
<screen>login:</screen>
<para>Type your username here. For the sake of this example, let us
assume that your username is <username>john</username> and press
<para>For the sake of this example, let us assume that your username is
<username>john</username>. Type <literal>john</literal> at this prompt and press
<keycap>Enter</keycap>. You should then be presented with a prompt to
enter a <quote>password</quote>:</para>
@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ Password:</screen>
can run dozens of programs at the same time. This is where
<quote>virtual consoles</quote> can be very helpful.</para>
<para>FreeBSD can be configured to present you with many different,
<para>FreeBSD can be configured to present you with many different
virtual consoles. You can switch from one of them to any other
virtual console by pressing a couple of keys on your keyboard. Each
console has its own different output channel, and FreeBSD takes care
@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ Password:</screen>
<para>As you are switching from one console to the next, FreeBSD takes
care of saving and restoring the screen output. The result is an
<quote>illusion</quote> of having multiple <quote>virtual</quote>
pairs of screens and keyboards that you can use to type commands for
screens and keyboards that you can use to type commands for
FreeBSD to run. The programs that you launch on one virtual console
do not stop running when that console is not visible. They continue
running when you have switched to a different virtual console.</para>
@ -1523,9 +1523,7 @@ ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure</programlisting>
<para>For a detailed description of every column in this file and all
the options you can use to set things up for the virtual consoles,
consult the &man.ttys.5; manual page:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>man 5 ttys</userinput></screen>
consult the &man.ttys.5; manual page.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="consoles-singleuser">