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From: ingmarsl@bcarh136.bnr.ca (Ingmar Slomic)
Subject: Compiling a new kernel & getting more PTYs..
Message-ID: <1993Sep28.151005.4100@bnr.ca>
Sender: ingmarsl@bcarh136 (Ingmar Slomic)
Nntp-Posting-Host: bcarh136
Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 15:10:05 GMT
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Hey all,

I just installed FreeBSD v1.0 and Xfree v1.3 on my machine.
The installation was done off a taped archive of the system
a buddy of mine has and I didn't actually have to compile the
thing.

However the pty=4 restriction is ridiculous, especially when 
working on a virtual desktop. I tried recompiling the kernel,
and everything seems to go fine EXCEPT that when I try to
boot off it it complains that it is too large (>650k) and
then it proceeds to use the .old version. As far as I can tell the
new kernel is larger by about 100 bytes and it is still only about
550kbytes!

SO, my question is: Have I provided enough info for some kind 
soul out there to steer me in the right direction? If so then 
please reply soon :)

Oh yeah - since I have your attention, is it possible for me to
change the way Window List works so as to not display the Geometry
for each window?

Thanks for you help...
Ingmar