I have followed the directions given below, which are the same as those in the
FAQ, but have yet succeeded in getting virtual terminal emulation.  I have not
been able to 'ctl alt F2' and receive a login prompt.  Am I supposed to?  So,
what is the trick?  Is there a sysctl variable to set?

When booting, I get the following messages:
....
wsconscfg: WSDISPLAYIO_ADDSCREEN: device busy
wsconscfg: WSDISPLAYIO_ADDSCREEN: device not configured
wsconscfg: WSDISPLAYIO_ADDSCREEN: device not configured
wsconscfg: WSDISPLAYIO_ADDSCREEN: device not configured
wsconscfg: WSDISPLAYIO_ADDSCREEN: device not configured
....

followed by:
.....
Dec 30 15:40:51 jtnhome getty [4445] /dev/ttyE3: Device not configured
Dec 30 15:40:51 jtnhome getty [4443] /dev/ttyE1: Device not configured
Dec 30 15:40:51 jtnhome getty [4444] /dev/ttyE2: Device not configured
.....

I can eliminate the "wsconscfg: WSDISPLAYIO_ADDSCREEN: device busy" message by
commenting out the reference to ttyE0 in wscons.conf, as indicated in the FAQ.
 The four occurences of "wsconscfg: WSDISPLAYIO_ADDSCREEN: device not
configured" remain.


I am running NetBSD-1.4.1 on a Pentium i386 machine, and successfully log in
on ttyE0.  I have been running wscons under X to facilitate its performance. 
Except for virtual terminal emulation, everything seems to work.

Thanks in advance.

Jim Nelson

Berndt Josef Wulf wrote:
> 
> Kevin McCarthy wrote
> > Does NetBSD support multiple terminals (like Linux does)?
> >
> > If so, how do I change between terminals (from the command line, I
> > haven't started X yet)?
> >

> a.)
> 
> You will have to edit rc.conf and change the line containing wscons to
> 
> wscons=YES              wscons_flags=""
> 
> This will run rc.wscons on next bootup. You also need to check the
> /etc/ttys and make sure that the terminals are enabled.
> 
> ttyE0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on secure
> ttyE1   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on secure
> ttyE2   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on secure
> ttyE3   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on secure
>