Subject: Re: vty and pty
To: gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/08/2000 19:43:08
On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 04:28:19PM -0800, Kadari Mayson wrote:
> > Is NetBSD's pty (Pseudo Terminal) the same as FreeBSD's vty (Pseudo Terminal)? If so, how would i switch screens? In freebsd i386, all you need to do is type ALT-Fx to switch screens. How would us NetBSD users do this?
>
> As David pointed out, wscons should theoretically make this work by
> turning virtual terminals on.
The present state of the mac68k-wscons branch is to only support a
single virtual terminal. For mac68k machines that don't run X, "dt" is
still the way to go. It's a little crusty right now. The current
version--which has outstanding PR's filed against it--is in pkgsrc;
older versions are available on ftp.macbsd.com.
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