Re: shutting down X

[Salman Ahmed <ssahmed@interlog.com>]

>>>>> "Brian" == Brian Servis <servis@purdue.edu> writes:

    Brian> I don't know which kernel RH 5.2 was based on, was it 2.0.x or
    Brian> 2.2.x?  Apparently the console device was not around in the
    Brian> 2.0.x days, which Debian 2.1 is based on, so a symlink was used
    Brian> then.  In 2.2.x kernels it was moved to a device file.

RedHat-5.2 was based on the 2.0.36 kernel. Its been ages literally since I
was running a 2.0.x kernel so I don't know/remember how /dev/console was
setup in RedHat-5.2 `out-of-the-box'.


    Brian> This code segment is from the MAKEDEV script on my Debian box,
    Brian> notice how it is makes a symlink for 2.0.x kernels and a device
    Brian> file for 2.2.x or greater:

I'll try out the MAKEDEV script on my box. I would like to have a real
device for /dev/console.

Thanks for your helpful replies.

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Salman Ahmed
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