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Re: Problem solved, sort of (was: Re: 2.1.7 ok except gpm not ok)



On Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 04:12:21PM +0300, Heikki Vatiainen wrote:
> The real question remains: Should console be a symlink to 
> tty0? At least 2.0.35 linux/Documentation/devices.txt says:
[snip]
> jopus:/dev# ls -l console
> crw--w--w-   1 root     tty        5,   1 Feb 11 01:03 console
> 
> jopus:/dev# ls -l tty0
> crw--w--w-   1 root     tty        4,   0 Feb 15 16:31 tty0

How'd this happen? What kernel are you running? The 5,1 device is the new
/dev/console for the 2.2 series kernels--and AFIAK, debian never put it there.
For the older kernels, linking to /dev/tty0 is the usual form.

Mike Stone

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