Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 12:41:10 -0500 From: "Peter Avalos" <pavalos@theshell.com> To: "Doug Barton" <DougB@gorean.org>, "Rick C. Petty" <rick@KIWI-Computer.com> Cc: <freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: misc/22332: request to add more active ttys by default Message-ID: <AAEMIFFLKPKLAOJHJANHCEANCNAA.pavalos@theshell.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010271322300.40472-100000@dt051n37.san.rr.com>
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I usually turn off all of them except one, since I use my FreeBSD machines as servers. -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS/ED/B d-(+) s:+> a-- C++$ UBLO++++$ P+ L++++ E- W+ N+ o? K? w(++) !O M- V- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+@ 5 X- R- tv+ b++ DI- D-- G e>+++ h-- r++ y++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Doug Barton > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 3:28 PM > To: Rick C. Petty > Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: misc/22332: request to add more active ttys by default > > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Rick C. Petty wrote: > > > The following reply was made to PR misc/22332; it has been > noted by GNATS. > > > > From: "Rick C. Petty" <rick@KIWI-Computer.com> > > To: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> > > Cc: rick@kiwi-computer.com, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: misc/22332: request to add more active ttys by default > > Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 10:35:44 -0500 (CDT) > > > > > In my totally unofficial opinion, having 8 virtual > terminals is twice > > > too many for most people. I can't imagine a user > sophisticated enough to > > > "need" 24 tty's who isn't also smart enough to take the 3.5 > seconds to > > > edit /etc/ttys and HUP init. > > > > In my experience, if it's available, people will use it. I've > setup 12 > > vtys for many people, included unsophisticated users who have > no clue what > > HUP or even a signal is (asside from a traffic light). > > You're arguing from a desktop platform perspective, whereas > freebsd is usually used as a server platform, where no one ever sits at > the console. I think the current value of 8 vty's is a good one, and in > fact exceeds the number needed by the vast majority of users. > > At some point in the future we may have a "desktop/server" knob in > sysinstall, but we have not reached that point yet. > > Doug > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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