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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: changes to /etc/ttys
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> I'm submitting a patch for /etc/ttys to make ttyv0 the default console of 
> which no getty process runs on. ttyv[1-3] are now the default getty logins.

[ ... disable 0, enable 3 ... ]

Why?

Why do this?

In the dynamic allocation case, you are causing the allocation of an
unuse PTY in the "small memory system unable to run X" case, just
where you *don't* want it.

Note that the default after a boot is ttyv0.  A new user would have
to magically guess at the correct alt screen and know that the alt
function keys did something to get installed.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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