On 06/22/2014 06:10 PM, JD wrote:

[root@pauls-server ~]# ps -ef|grep getty
root      1580     1  0 16:14 tty3     00:00:00 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty3
root      2397     1  0 17:50 tty2     00:00:00 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty2
root      2663     1  0 17:54 tty5     00:00:00 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty5
root      2723  1696  0 17:54 pts/1    00:00:00 grep --color=auto getty

​Nothing happens. Tried both Ctrl-Alt keys on either side

of space bar.
​

 $ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 3.14.8-200.fc20.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 16 21:57:53 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

what do you get with this command:
$ ps -ef|grep getty

How do I change the number of gettys running by default?

To add another getty:

Simply place another symlink for instantiating another getty in the getty.target.wants/ directory:

ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/getty@.service /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty9.service
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl start getty@tty9.service