Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 02:17:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Daniel Keller <dkeller@psln.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FW: virtual terminals, console, and X Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980704021547.12188y-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <000101bda6b9$a057a160$653d9bce@g6200>
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On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Daniel Keller wrote: > I am installing XFree86 on my system (FBSD 2.2.5) and I am having some > trouble getting all the virtual terminals set up. I would like to have ttyv9 > be the X server, ttyva be the output from X, and ttyvb be the output to the > system console. I have created all the necessary virtual terminals and made > /dev/console link to /dev/ttyvb (I assume this is the best want to do this > but I am not sure). NO. Remove `console' then remake it with MAKEDEV. > X starts automatically on ttyv9, so that is not a problem. The question > is how can I make ttyva and ttyvb accessible without a login prompt? I > have tried changing the line in ttys from: "ttyvb "getty Pc" cons25 on > secure" to "ttyvb none cons25 on secure" but when I do this I can's > access the terminal with F12 anymore. Of course not, you disabled it. What are you going to do with a terminal without a getty, anyway? They are completely useless. > one other question I have about terminals is how can I have a different > prompt for users who are logged in from another computer, is there a > certain file that is executed when a remote user logs in? Thanks, any > suggestions would be appreciated, Daniel Edit their ~/.cshrc or ~/.profile, for CSH- and SH- based shells, respectivley. Se the shell's manpage for how to change the prompt. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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