Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 12:55:15 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: coredump@nervosa.com (invalid opcode) Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: changes to /etc/ttys Message-ID: <199603071955.MAA14570@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960307021053.724A-100000@nervosa.com> from "invalid opcode" at Mar 7, 96 02:14:04 am
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> I'm submitting a patch for /etc/ttys to make ttyv0 the default console of > which no getty process runs on. ttyv[1-3] are now the default getty logins. [ ... disable 0, enable 3 ... ] Why? Why do this? In the dynamic allocation case, you are causing the allocation of an unuse PTY in the "small memory system unable to run X" case, just where you *don't* want it. Note that the default after a boot is ttyv0. A new user would have to magically guess at the correct alt screen and know that the alt function keys did something to get installed. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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