To disable a virtual console, put a comment symbol (
<literal>#
</literal>) at the beginning of the line representing that virtual console. For example, to reduce the number of available virtual consoles from eight to four, put a
<literal>#
</literal> in front of the last four lines representing virtual consoles
<filename>ttyv5
</filename> through
<filename>ttyv8
</filename>.
<emphasis>Do not
</emphasis> comment out the line for the system console
<filename>ttyv0
</filename>. Note that the last virtual console (
<filename>ttyv8
</filename>) is used to access the graphical environment if
<application>Xorg
</application> has been installed and configured as described in
<xref linkend="x11"/>.