Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 21:27:35 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: igor@cs.ibank.ru (Igor Vinokurov), robin@is.co.za, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /dev/console Message-ID: <3796.830377655@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Apr 1996 09:13:35 %2B0930." <199604232343.JAA12734@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Michael Smith wrote in message ID <199604232343.JAA12734@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>: > You're using xinit. Don't. Use xdm like you should be; part of its > startup explicitly facilitates xconsole's operation. You might > also try xterm -C if you're desperate. Sorry? I don't necessarily always want to run X11 on startup. I did for a while, but decided that on my machine (which (back then) barely had enough memory to make X realistic (i.e. 8Mb) it was too much hassle... So xdm isn't always ``the right thing''. The way around this is to use /etc/fbtab (see fbtab (4)). I use: /dev/ttyv0 0600 /dev/console myself. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD - Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info.
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