Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 00:14:05 +0100 From: Adrian Wontroba <aw1@stade.co.uk> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cvsup to 3.3-RC Failure Message-ID: <19990911001404.B23835@titus.stade.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <xzpbtbbnmti.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from Dag-Erling Smorgrav on Fri, Sep 10, 1999 at 11:22:01AM %2B0200 References: <3.0.3.32.19990910031758.01d785d0@207.227.119.2> <xzpbtbbnmti.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On Fri, Sep 10, 1999 at 11:22:01AM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> writes:
> > Why was this change made?
>
> Because the no. 1 most frequently asked question on -questions /
> -newbies used to be "how do I get more than 3 virtual consoles?"
>
> I even saw somebody on IRC who was convinced that FreeBSD was
> shareware and that you had to register to get more vtys. Furrfu.
And it is not as if it actually costs you much more than a bit of swap space:
aw1@titus /home/aw1$ ps -aux | grep getty
root 365 0.0 0.0 828 0 v0 IWs+ - 0:00.00 (getty)
root 366 0.0 0.0 828 0 v2 IWs+ - 0:00.00 (getty)
root 367 0.0 0.0 828 0 v3 IWs+ - 0:00.00 (getty)
root 368 0.0 0.0 828 0 v4 IWs+ - 0:00.00 (getty)
root 369 0.0 0.0 828 0 v5 IWs+ - 0:00.00 (getty)
root 370 0.0 0.0 828 0 v6 IWs+ - 0:00.00 (getty)
root 371 0.0 0.0 828 0 v7 IWs+ - 0:00.00 (getty)
root 372 0.0 0.0 828 0 v8 IWs+ - 0:00.00 (getty)
^
|
--------------------------------+
Admittedly, I was bitten by the change when it happened. That I
was bitten was my own fault. I do read the commit logs, but the
significance of feeding the monster didn't hit me. I later blithly
merged away, rebooted and thought "Oops, take more care next time, don't
simultaneously upgrade three machines in a hurry".
I would like to make a small plea for facts always in the logs, but
still retaining the occasional bit of humour.
--
Adrian Wontroba
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