xconsole/getty 7

After a few private volleys with knowledgeable people, the suggestion was made that this be brought back to the list.

To recap the behavior:

If xdm is specified in sysinst, getty and xconsole argue over who's got the console. /var/log/wtmpx fills up unusually fast and xconsole cycles getty login output about every 30 seconds. If xconsole is shut off the behavior goes away. If console is shutoff in /etc/ttys, the behavior goes away.

A possible fix is to have custom start/stop routines in /etc/rc.d/xdm which mod the ttys file and HUP init. Hopefully a more elegant solution can be found.

# uname -a
NetBSD hakr.zephyrite.net 7.0_BETA NetBSD 7.0_BETA (GENERIC.201502171530Z) i386

To reproduce the behavior, a stock 7.0_BETA install can be done on a naked machine, specifying xdm to sysinst. After the first reboot, monitor xconsole and the size growth of /var/log/wtmpx.

The test machine is i386, though it's doubtful that the behavior is isolated to this port.

/pjr\

xconsole/getty 7_BETA