Date: Sun, 7 May 1995 19:40:28 +0800 (CST) From: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw> To: Tiggie <kleung@frodi.cs.uop.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Problem with installing XFree86-3.1.1 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950507193437.4550Q-100000@aries.ibms.sinica.edu.tw> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950507012419.29206B-100000@uop.cs.uop.edu>
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On Sun, 7 May 1995, Tiggie wrote:
>
> I am currently running FreeBSD SNAP<041295?> with XFree86-3.1.1. I
> checked into my /dev directory and did not find the tty00 device <is this
> an example of what it should be>. Then I did the command "dmesg|grep
> sio" and the result were that sio0 and sio1 existed. I also know my
> mouse is connested to com1 when in DOS. Doesn't that mean sio0 is the
> device on my mouse? Next I typed "sh /dev/MAKEDEV tty00", the command
> ran with no errors, but the device tty00 did not appear with the "ls"
> command.
Use /dev/ttyd0 for your mouse instead. I think /dev/tty00
disappeared a few snapshots ago. If /dev/ttyd0 isn't there for some
reason, type "sh /dev/MAKEDEV tty0".
> Is this a command problem and is listed in a faq, would you please direct
> me to it. I have already read the README file on XFree86 3.1.1.
I want to know why MAKEDEV can't simply take a name argument, then
create that device. "sh /dev/MAKEDEV ttyv9" makes perfect sense to
me, while "sh /dev/MAKEDEV vty9" is not immediately intuitive. Don't
throw out the current ones (e.g., I like how "sh /dev/MAKEDEV vty9"
will make ttyv0 to ttyv8), but a "once-off" mode would be nice to
have.
--
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org
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