From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 24 04:01:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA08217 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 24 Apr 1996 04:01:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from plum.blueberry.co.uk ([194.70.52.50]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA08204 for ; Wed, 24 Apr 1996 04:00:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nik@localhost) by plum.blueberry.co.uk (8.7.5/8.6.12) id LAA00254; Wed, 24 Apr 1996 11:57:28 +0100 (BST) From: Nik Clayton Message-Id: <199604241057.LAA00254@plum.blueberry.co.uk> Subject: Re: /dev/console To: robin@is.co.za Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 11:57:28 +0100 (BST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199604240656.IAA16162@admin.is.co.za> from "Robin Lunn" at Apr 24, 96 08:56:48 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Michael Smith wrote: > > You're using xinit. Don't. Use xdm like you should be; part of its > > startup explicitly facilitates xconsole's operation. You might > > also try xterm -C if you're desperate. > > Oh! That reminds me. They might well be using /dev/ttyv0 instead of > /dev/console... Would that make a difference? FreeBSD comes configured to > use ttyv0 instead of console. I'm too settled in my X session to tinker with > this idea right now. :-) > > Should you want to use /dev/console instead of /dev/ttyv0, edit /etc/ttys to > reflect the following: > console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure Thank you. The fixes it. Except I commented out the ttyv0 line as well (otherwise you get two login prompts). Cheers, N -- --+=[ Blueberry Hill Blueberry Design ]=+-- --+=[ http://www.blueberry.co.uk/ 1/9 Chelsea Harbour Design Centre, ]=+-- --+=[ WebMaster@blueberry.co.uk London, England, SW10 0XE ]=+-- --+=[ Don't anthropomorphize computers. They don't like it. ]ENTP