Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 09:10:02 -0700 (PDT) From: oleg@Apholina.marka.net.ua To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/14558: Incorrect behaviour allscreens section in rc.i38 Message-ID: <199910281610.JAA05531@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/14558; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: oleg@Apholina.marka.net.ua
To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: i386/14558: Incorrect behaviour allscreens section in rc.i38
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 18:52:02 +0300 (EEST)
On 28-Oct-99 Sheldon Hearn wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 19:35:05 +0300, oleg@apholina.marka.net.ua wrote:
>
>> ! for ttyv in `grep ^ttyv /etc/ttys | cut -f 1`
>> do
>> ! vidcontrol </dev/$ttyv ${allscreens_flags}
>> done
>> fi
>> echo '.'
>> --- 114,122 ----
>> # set this mode for all virtual screens
>> if [ "X${allscreens_flags}" != X"" ] ; then
>> echo -n ' allscreens'
>> ! for ttyv in /dev/ttyv*
>> do
>> ! vidcontrol <$ttyv ${allscreens_flags}
>> done
>
> Surely this just hides the problem from the administrator? To have ttys
> enabled in /etc/ttys but not configured in /dev is an error that should
> be addressed, surely?
>
> Certainly, rc.i386 doesn't die because of this, so I don't see the
> benefit of the proposed change.
Thank you for explanation your point of view.
Maybe this is right opinion. I think you can close this PR#.
>
> Ciao,
> Sheldon.
With best wishes
Oleg V. Naumann
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