Subject: Re: Starting xdm
To: None <ph-a@ugrad.cs.york.ac.uk>
From: Scott Reynolds <scottr@plexus.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 05/22/1996 12:40:48
On Wed, 22 May 1996 ph-a@ugrad.cs.york.ac.uk wrote:

> Why does it try to open ttyv1 when the console is ttyv0?
> 
> I have recompiled the kernel for vt0 (instead of pc0)...

pcvt lets you use multiple virtual terminals ("VTs"), and will take the
first available vt.  Go into /dev and run ./MAKEDEV ttyv1; switch to ttyv1
with ctrl-alt-F2.