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From: oleg@Apholina.marka.net.ua
Subject: Re: i386/14558: Incorrect behaviour allscreens section in rc.i38
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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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