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From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
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To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Too few ttyv devices in the -RELEASE system
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>Number:         6220
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       Too few ttyv devices in the -RELEASE system
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Apr  5 19:00:05 PDT 1998
>Closed-Date:    Sat May 20 21:38:08 PDT 2000
>Last-Modified:  Sat May 20 21:39:28 PDT 2000
>Originator:     Greg Lehey
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE
>Organization:
LEMIS
>Environment:

	2.2.6-RELEASE

>Description:

	The 2.2.6-GENERIC kernel comes with 12 virtual terminals, but
	only four device nodes for these terminals (/dev/ttyv0 to
	/dev/ttyv3).  This causes unnecessary confusion to people who
	put gettys on all the visible terminals and then try to run X.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Observation

>Fix:

	This appears to be a release-only problem: /dev/MAKEDEV
	creates 12 nodes by default.  I don't want to dig into the
	release stuff...

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: gnats-admin->freebsd-bugs 
Responsible-Changed-By: max 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sat Apr 11 08:26:46 PDT 1998 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Misfiled PR. 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: hoek 
State-Changed-When: Sat May 20 21:38:08 PDT 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  
DES fixed this problem about July of 1999.  Feed the vty monster.  Mua-ha- 
ha-ha!!  The vty monster is coming to get you!!  Beware!  Nobody is safe! 
>Unformatted:

