bill@cosi.UUCP (Bill Michaelson) (12/27/88)
I'm running S/386 3.0e. As a UNIX novice, I thought I would try out shell layers the other day. shl worked OK from the system console(s), but I thought that this was uninteresting since I have virtual consoles there anyway. So I tried it from a tty port. CRASH! System mumbled something about dumping stuff, diddled the disk awhile, then froze. I had to hit the red button on the front of the box. Has this happened to anyone else? Also - I recall seeing something about support for more than 4 virtual consoles in 3.0e. Does anyone know what I have to do to get, say, 10 consoles? -- Bill Michaelson - uh... princeton!mccc!cosi!bill, I think. also at... Voice 609-771-6705 CompuServe 72416,1026
john@wa3wbu.UUCP (John Gayman) (12/28/88)
In article <249@cosi.UUCP>, bill@cosi.UUCP (Bill Michaelson) writes: > I'm running S/386 3.0e. As a UNIX novice, I thought I would try out shell > layers the other day. shl worked OK from the system console(s), but I thought > that this was uninteresting since I have virtual consoles there anyway. So > I tried it from a tty port. CRASH! System mumbled something about dumping > stuff, diddled the disk awhile, then froze. I had to hit the red button on th > front of the box. Has this happened to anyone else? I just posted a request also to know about this dump file. Mine was RFI-induced. :-) I beleive that in the manual it says that while virtual consoles are un-available to remote terminals, shell layers are. > > Also - I recall seeing something about support for more than 4 virtual > consoles in 3.0e. Does anyone know what I have to do to get, say, 10 > consoles? > The first thing I did when I installed 3.0e was to set it up for 10 virtual consoles like my V/AT had. Everything is already configured and you only need to do a "mknod" for each new device and add entries to /etc/inittab. The way uport has the gettys labelled for each virtual console, you might also want to get fancy and add a gettydef entry for each new virtual console you create. Otherwise, you can simple borrow one of the existing ones. Here are my /dev entries for my virtual consoles: crw--w--w- 1 root sys 5, 1 Dec 28 06:49 cons1 crw--w--w- 1 root sys 5, 2 Dec 27 21:49 cons2 crw--w--w- 1 root sys 5, 3 Dec 27 21:49 cons3 crw--w--w- 1 root sys 5, 4 Dec 27 21:49 cons4 crw--w--w- 1 root sys 5, 5 Dec 27 21:49 cons5 crw--w--w- 1 root sys 5, 6 Dec 27 21:49 cons6 crw--w--w- 1 root sys 5, 7 Dec 27 21:49 cons7 crw--w--w- 1 root sys 5, 8 Dec 27 21:49 cons8 crw--w--w- 1 root sys 5, 9 Dec 27 22:23 cons9 crw--w--w- 3 root sys 5, 0 Dec 28 06:49 console Hope this helps you out. John -- John Gayman, WA3WBU | UUCP: uunet!wa3wbu!john 1869 Valley Rd. | ARPA: john@wa3wbu.uu.net Marysville, PA 17053 | Packet: WA3WBU @ AK3P
bill@cosi.UUCP (Bill Michaelson) (01/01/89)
In article <184@wa3wbu.UUCP>, john@wa3wbu.UUCP (John Gayman) writes: ] In article <249@cosi.UUCP>, bill@cosi.UUCP (Bill Michaelson) writes: ] > Does anyone know what I have to do to get, say, 10 virtual consoles? ] > ] ] The first thing I did when I installed 3.0e was to set it up for ] 10 virtual consoles like my V/AT had. Everything is already configured ] and you only need to do a "mknod" for each new device and add entries ] to /etc/inittab. The way uport has the gettys labelled for each virtual ] console, you might also want to get fancy and add a gettydef entry for ] each new virtual console you create. Otherwise, you can simple borrow ] one of the existing ones. Here are my /dev entries for my virtual ] consoles: I just tried that - I did a mknod for cons4, and created an entry for virtcon4 in gettydefs. When I add the getty to inittab, I get repeated "error 6" from the getty. Something I forgot? Where do I look up what error 6 means? -- Bill Michaelson - uh... princeton!mccc!cosi!bill, I think. also at... Voice 609-771-6705 CompuServe 72416,1026
root@spdyne.UUCP (01/01/89)
>> >> Also - I recall seeing something about support for more than 4 virtual >> consoles in 3.0e. Does anyone know what I have to do to get, say, 10 >> consoles? >> > The first thing I did when I installed 3.0e was to set it up for > 10 virtual consoles like my V/AT had. Everything is already configured > and you only need to do a "mknod" for each new device and add entries > to /etc/inittab. The way uport has the gettys labelled for each virtual > console, you might also want to get fancy and add a gettydef entry for > each new virtual console you create. Otherwise, you can simple borrow > one of the existing ones. Here are my /dev entries for my virtual > consoles: > crw--w--w- 1 root sys 5, 4 Dec 27 21:49 cons4 > crw--w--w- 1 root sys 5, 5 Dec 27 21:49 cons5 > crw--w--w- 1 root sys 5, 6 Dec 27 21:49 cons6 > crw--w--w- 1 root sys 5, 7 Dec 27 21:49 cons7 > John Ok, So I executed `mknod cons4 c 5 4' Added a getty into the /etc/inittab and guess what? I got a bunch of errors on the console...about not being able to open it...... Do I have to bring the System down or what? -- Chert Pellett
john@wa3wbu.UUCP (John Gayman) (01/02/89)
In article <1700004@spdyne>, root@spdyne.UUCP writes: > > >> > >> Also - I recall seeing something about support for more than 4 virtual > >> consoles in 3.0e. Does anyone know what I have to do to get, say, 10 > >> consoles? > >> > > The first thing I did when I installed 3.0e was to set it up for > > 10 virtual consoles like my V/AT had. Everything is already configured > > Ok, So I executed `mknod cons4 c 5 4' Added a getty into the /etc/inittab > and guess what? I got a bunch of errors on the console...about not > being able to open it...... > > Do I have to bring the System down or what? > You should not have to bring the system down. The only exception to what you and I are doing is that I did not use the plain vanilla kernel that came with the system. I immediately generated a kernel with the Everex Tape driver, rebooted and then added the extra consoles. I did not do anything in linkkit to enable them. It is possible that the kernel which linkkit generates is slightly different than the released one. All I then did was the mknod for each, enable them in inittab, add them to gettydefs, and do an "init q". Try "mkunix" and then use that kernel. Unless someone on here knows specifically that the distribution kernel differs from the one linkkit makes. John -- John Gayman, WA3WBU | UUCP: uunet!wa3wbu!john 1869 Valley Rd. | ARPA: john@wa3wbu.uu.net Marysville, PA 17053 | Packet: WA3WBU @ AK3P
brian@cbw1.UUCP (Brian Cuthie) (01/04/89)
In article <195@wa3wbu.UUCP> john@wa3wbu.UUCP (John Gayman) writes: >In article <1700004@spdyne>, root@spdyne.UUCP writes: >> >> >> >> >> Also - I recall seeing something about support for more than 4 virtual >> >> consoles in 3.0e. Does anyone know what I have to do to get, say, 10 >> >> consoles? >> >> >> > The first thing I did when I installed 3.0e was to set it up for >> > 10 virtual consoles like my V/AT had. Everything is already configured >> >> Ok, So I executed `mknod cons4 c 5 4' Added a getty into the /etc/inittab >> and guess what? I got a bunch of errors on the console...about not >> being able to open it...... >> >> Do I have to bring the System down or what? >> > > You should not have to bring the system down. The only exception >to what you and I are doing is that I did not use the plain vanilla >kernel that came with the system. I immediately generated a kernel >with the Everex Tape driver, rebooted and then added the extra >consoles. I did not do anything in linkkit to enable them. It is [...] Use patch to look at a kernel variable called 'kd_numttys'. I This is (I think) the maximum number of virtual consoles. It is set in the linkkit to be 32. It may however only be four in the distributed version. -brian -- Brian D. Cuthie uunet!umbc3!cbw1!brian Columbia, MD brian@umbc3.umd.edu
root@spdyne.UUCP (01/06/89)
In reference to the virtual consoles question: >>> Do I have to bring the System down or what? >>> >> >> You should not have to bring the system down. The only exception >>to what you and I are doing is that I did not use the plain vanilla >>kernel that came with the system. I immediately generated a kernel >>with the Everex Tape driver, rebooted and then added the extra >>consoles. I did not do anything in linkkit to enable them. It is >[...] > >Use patch to look at a kernel variable called 'kd_numttys'. I This >is (I think) the maximum number of virtual consoles. It is set in the >linkkit to be 32. It may however only be four in the distributed >version. > >-brian Well, no luck, I too don't have a plain vanilla system, I have linked in a Digi-board driver for additional comm ports.. (Comm/Xi board). I looked at that variable and it came back 0x20 or 32 just like yours. So what do I try next? - Chert Pellett root@spdyne -- Brian D. Cuthie uunet!umbc3!cbw1!brian Columbia, MD brian@umbc3.umd.edu /* End of text from spdyne:uport */