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To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
cc: dawes@freefall.cdrom.com, CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com,
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/etc.i386 MAKEDEV 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 07 Dec 94 18:43:22 +1100."
             <199412070743.SAA30064@godzilla.zeta.org.au> 
From: David Greenman <davidg@root.com>
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Date: Tue, 06 Dec 1994 23:53:01 -0800
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>>>  Make vga if a vty is made.  It may still be required for X.  It got nuked
>>>  with pc*.
>
>>   No, X expects to not to find a /dev/vga if syscons is the console.
>
>Then why does `startx 2>/tmp/z' print the message
>
>    Cannot open /dev/vga: No such file or directory
>
>on the last line of /tmp/z?  (X works fine.  This is under 1.1.5,
>X from the 1.1 cdrom, XF86_SVGA server, syscons, NCONS=4, gettys on
>ttyv[0-3].)

   I think the version on the 1.1 CDROM didn't deal with syscons correctly.
I haven't looked at your change, but the right thing to do would be to create
a symlink to /dev/ttyv0. Anything else will cause other breakage.

-DG