Subject: Re: Virtual Terminals under 1.4?
To: Bruce Martin <BruceM@cat.co.za>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/26/1999 14:14:37
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Bruce Martin wrote:

> I have managed to set up the system so that it allows me to use
> wsconscfg commans to enable and delete terminals - however, when I set
> them up and switch to them, the screen is black with no login prompt.
> Has anybody else had similar problems, or know the solution?

Besides setting up the wscons, you still need to enable the getty. For
the second console e.g., change the line in /etc/ttys with ttyE1 from
"no" to "yes", and then "kill -HUP 1".