Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 13:28:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: "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: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010271322300.40472-100000@dt051n37.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <200010271540.IAA72976@freefall.freebsd.org>
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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
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