On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 11:32, Marty Landman wrote: > At 07:15 PM 11/15/2003, Malcolm Kay wrote: > >On my 4.7-STABLE machine I believe the default number of > >virtual consoles is 16 with the first 12 having by default /dev entries > >/dev/ttyv0 to /dev/ttyvb; certainly not /dev/stty0 ... > >and are selectable with Alt-f1 to Alt-f12 when active. > >By default the first 8 consoles are activated for login in /etec/ttys. > > I'm on 4.8-RELEASE and a GENERIC Kernel. When I try alt-f3 from my ssh > session I get [13~. All the function keys with alt do similarly. What am I > missing? I've learned to use the screen cmd although it's a bit easy to get > lost in there, is this built on that or something else?
I think you may have misunderstood the nature of the virtual terminals. What do you hope to do through ssh. The virtual terminal is relavent only to the local machine -- if pretends that there are 16 (or however many are set up) separate screens and keyboards and these share the real screen and keyboard by switching -- normally throgh the Alt-f? combination. Those made active in /etc/ttys can be selected locally for login -- independent of any login on a different virtual terminal. If you are logging in remotely (via ssh) then you are using a remote terminal and the virtual terminals are totally irrelevant. Login will be in a pseudo terminal /dev/pty?? Confusing perhaps, but I can't think of a way to explain more clearly. Malcolm _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
