From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 5 10:17: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from david.siemens.de (david.siemens.de [192.35.17.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C648614A2D for ; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 10:16:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ust@cert.siemens.de) X-Envelope-Sender-Is: ust@cert.siemens.de (at relayer david.siemens.de) Received: from mail2.siemens.de (mail2.siemens.de [139.25.208.14]) by david.siemens.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA27545 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 19:16:46 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mars.cert.siemens.de (ust.mchp.siemens.de [139.23.201.17]) by mail2.siemens.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA06395 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 19:16:46 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from alaska.cert.siemens.de (alaska.cert.siemens.de [139.23.202.134]) by mars.cert.siemens.de (8.9.3/8.9.3/Siemens CERT [ $Revision: 1.9 ]) with ESMTP id TAA06499 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 19:18:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from ust@localhost) by alaska.cert.siemens.de (8.9.3/8.9.3/alaska [ $Revision: 1.2 ]) id RAA02929 for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 17:18:02 GMT (envelope-from ust) Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 19:18:02 +0200 From: Udo Schweigert To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ttyv4 problems Message-ID: <19990705191802.A2902@alaska.cert.siemens.de> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <199905281651.JAA00994@dingo.cdrom.com> <374ECFB6.9AAC572B@newsguy.com> <3780DF0D.E0C6CA82@math.missouri.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <3780DF0D.E0C6CA82@math.missouri.edu>; from Stephen Montgomery-Smith on Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 11:36:29AM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 11:36:29AM -0500, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > I did a make world today. > > Upon rebooting, I got error messages about getty not being able to find > /dev/ttyv4 > through /dev/ttyv7. Also startx would not work, reporting that /dev/ttyv4 was > missing. > > I traced it down to /etc/ttys, which was updated. Upon replacing this with the > old /etc/ttys, all these bad problems disappeared. > > > diff /etc-new/ttys /etc/ttys > 2c2 > < # $Id: ttys,v 1.2.2.2 1999/07/04 17:18:50 des Exp $ > --- > > # $Id: ttys,v 1.2.2.1 1999/02/12 04:03:39 wes Exp $ > 37,42c37 > < ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > < ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > < ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > < ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > < ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > < ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure > --- > > ttyv3 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure > > > You can use the new /etc/ttys after # cd /dev # sh MAKEDEV vty12 or # sh MAKEDEV all Regards ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Udo Schweigert || Voice : +49 89 636 42170 Siemens AG, Siemens CERT || Fax : +49 89 636 48000 ZT IK 3 || email : Udo.Schweigert@mchp.siemens.de D-81730 Muenchen / Germany || : ust@cert.siemens.de PGP fingerprint || 2A 53 F6 A6 30 59 64 02 6B C4 E0 73 B2 C9 6C E7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message