Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 11:56:07 +0200 (MESZ) From: "Hr.Ladavac" <lada@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at> To: jdunham@fc.net (Jerry Dunham) Cc: branson@widomaker.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XF86 & fvwm Problem, Help? (fwd) Message-ID: <199609180956.AA172420567@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at> In-Reply-To: <199609180240.VAA25751@freeside.fc.net> from "Jerry Dunham" at Sep 17, 96 09:40:57 pm
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E-mail message from Jerry Dunham contained: > > What's unique about console 3? Why should I start xdm there? Is there > some way of starting xdm there automatically upon system boot? Nothing, except that that is the default out-of-the-cd-rom console where the Xserver normally lives. > > > You can even add more syscons consoles fairly easily... since the > > devices start at 0, you have in your /etc/ttys somthing like: > > > > # > > ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > > # Virtual terminals > > ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > > ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > > ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure > > > > Note that number three is off .. that is for X windows... > > Why off? There's something here I'm not understanding at all. Because Xserver choses the first free virtual console. If it weren't 'off' the console would have been busy with getty.
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