Xref: utzoo comp.unix.ultrix:7078 comp.windows.x:35991 Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.windows.x Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watcgl!idallen From: idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Ian! D. Allen [CGL]) Subject: Re: guidelines for installation of MIT X11R4 on DECstation 5000 Message-ID: <1991May3.040841.4370@watcgl.waterloo.edu> Organization: Computer Graphics Laboratory, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada References: <1991Apr22.221828.2193@ice9.uucp> <1991Apr24.070113.6130@ircam.fr> Date: Fri, 3 May 1991 04:08:41 GMT Lines: 22 In article muts@fysak.fys.ruu.nl (Peter Mutsaers) writes: >fingerhu@ircam.fr (Michel Fingerhut) writes: > >>We removed UWS altogether. As to the console mode, we have *two* potential >>/etc/ttys files, one called /etc/ttys.X11, with the line > >> console "/etc/getty std.9600" vt100 off secure # console terminal > >>and one called /etc/ttys.noX11 with: > >> console "/etc/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure # console terminal > >Why not put the console on always (I did this). It doesn't hurt, [...] Yes it does hurt, at least on Xqdss displays. Having getty print a login banner on your console while X is trying to use the display causes all kinds of silly problems such as missing cursors, bad colour maps, garbled output, etc. You really do have to turn off the console on colour displays. -- -IAN! (Ian! D. Allen) idallen@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu [129.97.128.64] Computer Graphics Lab/University of Waterloo/Ontario/Canada