Tweaking the Konsole

lectraplayer · 07-07-2003, 04:30 PM

How do I change the number of konsoles I have? I want 3 konsoles and an X desktop. Of course, if there's a HOWTO (and I think there is), show it to me.

dorian33 · 07-07-2003, 04:35 PM

See at /etc/inittab. You'll find the lines:
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty ....
....
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty....
Each line is for one console. Just delete (or '#') unwanted ones.

Cyclo · 07-07-2003, 04:35 PM

what do you mean by the number of konsoles?

if you mean more than one in a window, click Session then "New Shell".

Any chance you can clarify what you mean by an X desktop? Do you mean getting rid of the 4 virtual desktops?

lectraplayer · 07-07-2003, 07:04 PM

Dorian knew what I was talking about. I call the command prompts of Linux a "konsole" because I started using it under X, then found about the F1-Fx trick. I just want TTY1, TTY2, TTY3, and an X desktop, IE 3 konsoles and an X desktop.

I think Dorian's move will work, and I am about to try it.

JZL240I-U · 07-08-2003, 04:24 AM

Well, if you type for example in your console #2:
startx -- :2 (blanks exactly as shown) you get a new X-desktop with <F8>

.

How are you going to throttle those?

lectraplayer · 07-08-2003, 03:39 PM

I'm needing to set up X over, as I had to move my hard disk after install (but that's besde the point here). I'll handle that later. As far as throttling it, what's that?

JZL240I-U · 07-09-2003, 02:15 AM

I simply meant, that you can create new X sessions from <F8> trough <F12> with the command I used above ... thus you have to limit (throttle) the amount of X sessions too, even though dorian33 gave no receipt how to do that -- and I don't know either how.

Btw. if you use startx -- :2 & (ampersand added, numbers increasing to 6) you can do all that from a single TTY, i.e. you still have access to six virtual terminals.

captainstorm · 07-09-2003, 02:45 AM

Hello I have a reletive question here: I use "motor" as an IDE for the programming. But it needs a free tty to start debug. When login as user, I always got "no free tty". JZL240I-U would you tell me how I can have a *free* tty for debugging? Many thanks to you. I am exactly a Newbie.

Qu Chen

JZL240I-U · 07-09-2003, 02:58 AM

I don't know "motor", so I can only guess. Now, dorian33 wrote earlier in this thread:

Quote:
See at /etc/inittab. You'll find the lines:
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty ....
....
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty....
Each line is for one console. Just delete (or '#') unwanted ones.

So, look at your /etc/inittab. Does it have enough lines, i.e. TTYs for your problem?

What happens, when you type <CTRL>+<ALT>+<F2>, do you get a new console then? What distribution do you use? (Suggestion: use the user-panel to enter at least some technical data there, they are displayed below your handle on the left column in the fora and help to better answer your questions).

captainstorm · 07-09-2003, 04:55 AM

Thank you very much JZL240I-U. I am using RH9. Indeed I have new console when pressing <CTRL>+<ALT>+<F2>. Strange thing is I do not have this problem when in root. (can debug in motor). Maybe it is better for me to ask the author.
Thanks again.

Qu Chen

JZL240I-U · 07-09-2003, 05:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by captainstorm
... Maybe it is better for me to ask the author.
Qu Chen

Dont't forget to post the solution, then

.

lectraplayer · 03-05-2004, 08:42 PM

I'm back.

Is there any way to move a X-terminal over to, maybe, Ctrl-Allt-F4? I would like to do that so I don't have to fumble in the dark looking for that F7 button.