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Date:      Wed, 21 Feb 1996 22:17:49 +0100 (MET)
From:      Andreas Schulz <ats@freebsd.first.gmd.de>
To:        amg@crl.com (August Grammas)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Untitled
Message-ID:  <199602212117.WAA03360@freebsd.first.gmd.de>
In-Reply-To: <199602210219.AA18487@crl14.crl.com> from "August Grammas" at Feb 20, 96 06:19:02 pm

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>        When I invoked X by the xinit command, it gave me the message:
>          unable to open /dev/ttyv4.
> 
>        I used mknod to create /dev/ttyv4 and made the appropriate
>          entry in /etc/ttys and then I got the error message:
>          unable to open /dev/ttyv5!

You should not edit /etc/ttys or at least don't let a getty run on it.
X needs a free ttyvx. Make sure at least one available ttyvx is marked
"off" in /etc/ttys.


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