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Date:      Sat, 4 Jul 1998 02:17:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Daniel Keller <dkeller@psln.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FW: virtual terminals, console, and X
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980704021547.12188y-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <000101bda6b9$a057a160$653d9bce@g6200>

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On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Daniel Keller wrote:

> I am installing XFree86 on my system (FBSD 2.2.5) and I am having some
> trouble getting all the virtual terminals set up. I would like to have ttyv9
> be the X server, ttyva be the output from X, and ttyvb be the output to the
> system console. I have created all the necessary virtual terminals and made
> /dev/console link to /dev/ttyvb (I assume this is the best want to do this
> but I am not sure).

NO.  Remove `console' then remake it with MAKEDEV.

> X starts automatically on ttyv9, so that is not a problem. The question
> is how can I make ttyva and ttyvb accessible without a login prompt? I
> have tried changing the line in ttys from:  "ttyvb "getty Pc" cons25 on
> secure" to "ttyvb none cons25 on secure" but when I do this I can's
> access the terminal with F12 anymore. 

Of course not, you disabled it.  What are you going to do with a terminal
without a getty, anyway?  They are completely useless.

> one other question I have about terminals is how can I have a different
> prompt for users who are logged in from another computer, is there a
> certain file that is executed when a remote user logs in?  Thanks, any
> suggestions would be appreciated, Daniel

Edit their ~/.cshrc or ~/.profile, for CSH- and SH- based shells,
respectivley.  Se the shell's manpage for how to change the prompt.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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