In the last episode (May 20), Gregory Sutter said:
> I am experiencing a problem with syscons and init when I have a
> certain line in my kernel configuration file, and am hoping that you
> can fix the bug. My system is a recent 4-STABLE, although the
> problem also showed up in an April 24 4-STABLE. I do not have a
> -CURRENT box.
>
> FreeBSD trurl.zer0.org 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #6: Wed May 16 17:44:58 PDT
>2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GEN i386
>
> Here is a diff between a working kernel configuration file (GEN) and
> a non-working one (GEN.not):
>
> trurl gsutter /sys/i386/conf $diff -u -0 GEN.not GEN
> --- GEN.not Wed May 16 17:12:42 2001
> +++ GEN Wed May 16 17:49:06 2001
> @@ -61 +61 @@
> -options SC_HISTORY_SIZE=8000
> +#options SC_HISTORY_SIZE=8000
That's 8000 lines; 320 25-line screens, totaling 640000 bytes. Do you
rally want a history that large?
> I have not tested with other SC_HISTORY_SIZE values.
>
> When I boot with a kernel compiled with the SC_HISTORY_SIZE=8000
> option, I observe the following:
>
> 1. No gettys are spawned. If I ssh in, I can manually start
> gettys.
Does anything get logged in /var/log ? If init can't spawn a getty, it
usually logs it.
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