Windows via VMware, if I'm lucky. Yes, X is inaccessible and I haven';t worked out how to get from startup into my Windows guest without assistance. One step at a time, though. Bottom line is that I need Windows for my work. And I particularly do not want to shutdown linux just to go to Win for something. On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Holmes, Steve wrote: > With X being inaccessable, what do you do with X? Just curious. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Janina Sajka [mailto:janina at afb.net] > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 6:46 AM > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > Subject: Re: virtual consoles > > > For what it's worth, I have my inittab start 11 consoles. I reserve > Ctrl-Alt-F12 for my X sessions that way. > > On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Frank Carmickle wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > I don't believe that there is a compile time option for number of virtual > > terminals. I think your getting confused with the number of ttys in the > > pts file system. Yes you will need to mknod new ttys in /dev if > > your distro didn't make as many as you desire. > > > > Also to clear up some things about the x sessions. They do not run gettys > > or act like ttys. And they do not need to be using a frame buffer. As > > long as you've have an x-server running for your video card then you > > should be able to switch to the virtual terminal running a graphical log > > in manager like xdm or gdm. > > On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > > > I don't know about kernel compile options at this time but I just went > > > into inittab and added another console (c7 for tty7) and then did a > "init > > > q" to restart the getties and I now have a seventh terminal available. > > > Didn't realize it would be so easy. Not sure what the upper limit is; I > > > thought the kernel had a limit to the number of tty's that could be > > > created. This might even have to do with the number of devices in /dev. > > > > > > These linux internals get more interesting every day! > > > > > > On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > > > > > I thought the number of consoles was determined by compile time > options > > > > for the kernel. Also, look in /etc/initab. That file has startup > code > > > > for the first six consules and I'm quite sure you just add the > additional > > > > ones you need. I'm not really sure about kernel compil options if > that is > > > > > > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp
