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I found this link. &nbsp;Looks to do the trick.<br />
<a href="http://wiki.openvz.org/Ubuntu_Gutsy_template_creation#Disable_getty" rel="ugc">http://wiki.openvz.org/Ubuntu_Gutsy_template_creation#Disable_getty</a>
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I found this link.  Looks to do the trick.
http://wiki.openvz.org/Ubuntu_Gutsy_template_creation#Disable_getty [http://wiki.openvz.org/Ubuntu_Gutsy_template_creation#Disable_getty]

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If your problem is the view of your top command , then you can install htop it will allow you to scroll down to the rest of the processes with the arrow keys
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If your problem is the view of your top command , then you can install htop it will allow you to scroll down to the rest of the processes with the arrow keys

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I am running Ubuntu Server 8.04. Do I really need all five getty tasks running? It automatically starts tty2 through tty6. <br />
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I know they don't consume a lot of resources, but they do consume limited space on the window I keep running to view the &quot;top&quot; program. If at least a few of them were gone, all my processes would fit within one screen.<br />
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If I never need a serial port, can I disable some or all of them? I do not know if they are required for the terminal to work, or to allow ssh access, which is all I really ever use.<br />
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Thanks.
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I am running Ubuntu Server 8.04. Do I really need all five getty tasks running? It automatically starts tty2 through tty6. 

I know they don't consume a lot of resources, but they do consume limited space on the window I keep running to view the "top" program. If at least a few of them were gone, all my processes would fit within one screen.

If I never need a serial port, can I disable some or all of them? I do not know if they are required for the terminal to work, or to allow ssh access, which is all I really ever use.

Thanks.

Can I disable getty under Linux?

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