Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 19:18:02 +0200 From: Udo Schweigert <ust@cert.siemens.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ttyv4 problems Message-ID: <19990705191802.A2902@alaska.cert.siemens.de> In-Reply-To: <3780DF0D.E0C6CA82@math.missouri.edu>; from Stephen Montgomery-Smith on Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 11:36:29AM -0500 References: <199905281651.JAA00994@dingo.cdrom.com> <374ECFB6.9AAC572B@newsguy.com> <3780DF0D.E0C6CA82@math.missouri.edu>
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On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 11:36:29AM -0500, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > I did a make world today. > > Upon rebooting, I got error messages about getty not being able to find > /dev/ttyv4 > through /dev/ttyv7. Also startx would not work, reporting that /dev/ttyv4 was > missing. > > I traced it down to /etc/ttys, which was updated. Upon replacing this with the > old /etc/ttys, all these bad problems disappeared. > > > diff /etc-new/ttys /etc/ttys > 2c2 > < # $Id: ttys,v 1.2.2.2 1999/07/04 17:18:50 des Exp $ > --- > > # $Id: ttys,v 1.2.2.1 1999/02/12 04:03:39 wes Exp $ > 37,42c37 > < ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > < ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > < ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > < ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > < ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > < ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure > --- > > ttyv3 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure > > > You can use the new /etc/ttys after # cd /dev # sh MAKEDEV vty12 or # sh MAKEDEV all Regards ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Udo Schweigert || Voice : +49 89 636 42170 Siemens AG, Siemens CERT || Fax : +49 89 636 48000 ZT IK 3 || email : Udo.Schweigert@mchp.siemens.de D-81730 Muenchen / Germany || : ust@cert.siemens.de PGP fingerprint || 2A 53 F6 A6 30 59 64 02 6B C4 E0 73 B2 C9 6C E7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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