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Date:      Thu, 26 Sep 2002 22:42:07 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ttys patch - any objections?
Message-ID:  <20020926194206.GD37404@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <200209261350.g8QDoLRP003375@grimreaper.grondar.org>
References:  <20020926094019.A58629-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> <200209261350.g8QDoLRP003375@grimreaper.grondar.org>

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On 2002-09-26 14:50, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> wrote:
> > This seems a lot like personal preferance to me, I for one don't like a
> > lot of tty's, because running getty on a bunch of ttys that I'm not going
> > to use is a waste of ram.... I usually keep F1-F3 as ttys, and make F4 run
> > kdm. I know I don't really have a say, but I'm sure everyone has his or
> > her own preference.
>
> Sure! That is why I'm doing a straw poll. If more people seem to like this,
> I'll commit it. If I get shouted down, I'll keep it as a local hack.

I customarily turn some of them off.  All I need is 2-3 vtys, to run a
couple of screen(1) sessions.  My own local set of changes includes a
patch that is almost the opposite of the proposed change (all vtys are
turned off, except for ttyv[0123]---the first four).

Giorgos.

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