On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, John J. Boyer wrote: > Hello, > Is there any advantage of using the screen command over using virtual > consoles? How do I increase the number of virtual consoles on my Redhat > 7.1 system from 6 to 12? You should have lines similar to the following in /etc/inittab: 5:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -f /etc/issue.ansi 38400 vc/5 linux 6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -f /etc/issue.ansi 38400 vc/6 linux It would probably be sufficient to simply add more lines similar to these but with the appropriate numbers, although I have never tried this. > How does one paste between virtual consoles? I could use the cut-and-paste > feature of BRLTTY, but it seems toi me that a similar feature should be > available using virtual consoles. I believe gpm allows one to do this with a mouse. I am not sure that it can be done with the keyboard.