Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 19:58:28 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU Cc: CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-etc@freefall.cdrom.com, davidg@Root.COM Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/etc.i386 MAKEDEV Message-ID: <199412070858.TAA31027@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>That is a fairly old X (2.0?). Since version 2.1 XFree86 tries to open >/dev/ttyv0 first, and then /dev/vga if that fails. >Checking on my fairly newly installed FreeBSD 2.0, I see that there is a >/dev/vga sym-link: >lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5 Nov 29 08:59 /dev/vga -> ttyv0 >I didn't create this. In 2.0R the link is created when pc0 is created and pc0 is created for `sh MAKEDEV all'. I think creating the link to support old versions of X is harmless, at least for new versions of X. Bruce
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