Why is this not the default for new installs?  Every other free unix
has at least 4 consoles, I believe.

--Michael

Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr> writes:

> On Sun, Nov 28, 1999 at 01:16:54PM -0800, Andrew Todorov wrote:
> > 
> >   Hi to ALL!
> > 
> > I'm very new in NetBSD and have some problems with my installation.
> > Don't know how to switch the console (I meen like Linux with Alt+F1 key) to 
> > use the multitasking and how to use a VT100 terminal.
> 
> 1) edit /etc/rc.conf, at the end set wscons to YES.
> 2) edit /etc/ttys and turn on ttyE1,2,and 3. If you want more virtual terms
>    you can add more here, and you need to edit /etc/wscons.conf to match
> 4) if you don't want to reboot: sh /etc/rc.wscons and then 'kill -1 1.
>    you can now switch from a VT to another with Ctrl+Alt+Fx (beware it's
>    not like linux here: you need Ctrl+Alt, not just Alt).
> 
> --
> Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
> --