On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 04:32:40PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > > You mean that the ttys up to 63 are really supposed to be there ? I > actually don't think I would mind using a few of the higher-numbered > ones. I'll have to see what I can come up with for recording the ttys > (this box is an athlon64 4000+).
Sorry for my incomplete info, but somewhere not very deep in the kernel sources was a define of how default tty's should be assumed counting from 0. For a very short period, and on only one box, I edited that number down drastically (I defined 13 ttys). No problems whatsoever and a much nicer looking /dev. :) -- Archaic Want control, education, and security from your operating system? Hardened Linux From Scratch http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hlfs -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
