Subject: Re: dt 1.1.4 bug report
To: Jell-O <wookie@us.net>
From: Scott Reynolds <scottr@edsi.org>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/18/1996 12:53:23
On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Jell-O wrote:

> When pppd tells me what my address is, it appears at the bottom of the 
> screen in non-reverse mode (I'm using the reversed-screen option).

dt doesn't grab the console.  My solution, er, workaround, was to disable
any syslog messages from appearing on /dev/console; man syslog.conf for
more details.

> Another possible bug (at least I thought that it may be) is that I
> cannot open more than four consoles at a time.

Make sure you have enough pty's in /dev, as Allen suggests.

--scott