Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 03:20:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/14558: Incorrect behaviour allscreens section in rc.i386 under certain circumstantions Message-ID: <199910281020.DAA25197@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/14558; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: oleg@reis.zp.ua
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: i386/14558: Incorrect behaviour allscreens section in rc.i386 under certain circumstantions
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:10:02 +0200
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 19:35:05 +0300, oleg@apholina.marka.net.ua wrote:
> ! for ttyv in `grep ^ttyv /etc/ttys | cut -f 1`
> do
> ! vidcontrol </dev/$ttyv ${allscreens_flags}
> done
> fi
> echo '.'
> --- 114,122 ----
> # set this mode for all virtual screens
> if [ "X${allscreens_flags}" != X"" ] ; then
> echo -n ' allscreens'
> ! for ttyv in /dev/ttyv*
> do
> ! vidcontrol <$ttyv ${allscreens_flags}
> done
Surely this just hides the problem from the administrator? To have ttys
enabled in /etc/ttys but not configured in /dev is an error that should
be addressed, surely?
Certainly, rc.i386 doesn't die because of this, so I don't see the
benefit of the proposed change.
Ciao,
Sheldon.
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