From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 6 20:48:46 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 479FD16A4DA for ; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 20:48:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ED3943D6D for ; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 20:48:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k86KmA7E065038; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 21:48:11 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk from=m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk; sender-id=softfail; spf=softfail X-SenderID: Sendmail Sender-ID Filter v0.2.14 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk k86KmA7E065038 Message-ID: <44FF3404.2040405@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:48:04 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060801) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Kline References: <20060906200225.GA35990@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20060906200225.GA35990@thought.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig3DD6E4C6522D70A35CE339C6" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:48:31 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/1815/Wed Sep 6 16:42:27 2006 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_POLICY_TESTING, NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.5 (2006-08-29) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: How to fix init -> /etc/ttys? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 20:48:46 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig3DD6E4C6522D70A35CE339C6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gary Kline wrote: > Anybody know why getty is having such a bear of a time finding > a tty? I Can't even get in. I'm at 6.1 and logged in=20 > single-usr and have /usr mounted on /dev. Because X expects > to find /usr/lib/Y in /usr I csn't use anything very complex; > can't poke around.... >=20 > I very rarely touch /etc/ttys; so why is 6.1 having this=20 > tantrum?? I'm lost .... Because getty needs access to the /dev/tty* devices in order to function?= /dev is a truly bizarre choice of mountpoint. Why not use /mnt, which i= s there solely to provide a convenient place to mount stuff? Or -- and thi= s is a radical idea, I know -- why not mount the /usr filesystem on /usr? Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig3DD6E4C6522D70A35CE339C6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE/zQK8Mjk52CukIwRCF7vAJ4gttfIzn6WYE/vaKaiSx/v+cmriQCgiVKD iOUn2YjKeCxrGWjDPTLa54I= =JEjc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig3DD6E4C6522D70A35CE339C6--