The 'Amnesiac' screen s set up when FreeBSD starts up

Conrad J. Sabatier conrads at cox.net
Wed Mar 29 07:53:04 UTC 2006


On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:36:16 GMT
"gs_stoller at juno.com" <gs_stoller at juno.com> wrote:

> 	When  FreeBSD  starts up, you see a screen (on an  IBM PC )
> with a heading line that says:
> 		FreeBSD/i386 (Amnesiac) (ttyv0)

This is because you have no hostname set in /etc/rc.conf.

> 	Is there a command that tells one on which screen one now
> sits, and if so what is its path-name?  Where are these screens
> set up, and can one change that, say adding new screens?

You can use "who", "w", or "who am i" to see where you're at.

The ttys are controlled by the file /etc/ttys.  But don't go tinkering
with it unless you understand what you're doing.

-- 
Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads at cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"


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