Bill Roman wrote:
>
> They're running on your virtual consoles. Try holding down the left Alt
> key and pressing function keys. Log in on each virtual console. Pretty
> slick, eh?
>
> I used this feature a lot when I had only 4 MB of RAM, as that's not
> enough to run X in (unless you like wat
that file as recommended in it.
Bruce: That could be part of the installation process in
Debian 1.2 maybe.
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Subject: Getty ports - dumb question
Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] at cclink
Date:09.09.96 10:0
[Why do I have gettys running on tty1 through tty6? I only have 2 serial ports]
These are virtual consoles using your VGA card. Push LeftAlt-F2 on your console
(I think it's Control-LeftAlt-F2 or Shift-LeftAlt-F2 if you are running X) and
you will be on tty2. And so on for Alt-F3, through Alt-F6.
I did a ps and found these getty ports running:
186 2 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty2
187 3 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty3
188 4 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty4
189 5 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty5
190 6 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty6
I only have 2 serial ports ttyS0 and ttyS1
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