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- From: magus@drktowr.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto)
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- Subject: Re: How can I remove virtual consoles?
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- Message-ID: <9301222097@drktowr.chi.il.us>
- Organization: DarkTower Software
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 20:47:00 CST
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- fred smith (fredex@fcshome.UUCP) wrote:
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- : What I fail to comprehend is why you would want FEWER login devices
- : available.
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- Less memory usage. Each tty needs a getty spawned off of init. If
- you don't use them, why have them? Most people like you and I want
- more than four, but a casual user might just want 1 or 2.
-
- -Louis
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