howto add a new vcs to /dev/

[jacky]

--- Paul Sladen <ubuntu at paul.sladen.org>wrote:

> On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, jacky wrote:
> > When ubuntu alternate CD boot up, it create only 4
> vcs
> > device in /dev. I wanto to add a new vcs device,
> 
> '/dev/vcsNN' are the respresentations of Virtual
> Consoles (as accessed with
> Alt-F1 and above).  Virtual consoles take memory to
> run, so at boot time
> only a certain number are started up with the
> 'getty' program allowing users
> to log in.
> 
> You can start additional programs on a new VC with
> the 'openvt' utility and
> once the new VC is running, you will see a new
> device node appear in
> '/dev/' for that latest VC.
> 
> Hope that helps, does that solve your issue?

Yes. Thank you very much.
> 
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