Bug 14558
| Summary: | Incorrect behaviour allscreens section in rc.i386 under certain circumstantions | ||||||
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| Product: | Base System | Reporter: | oleg <oleg> | ||||
| Component: | i386 | Assignee: | Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh> | ||||
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||||||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||||||
| Priority: | Normal | ||||||
| Version: | 3.3-STABLE | ||||||
| Hardware: | Any | ||||||
| OS: | Any | ||||||
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On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 19:35:05 +0300, oleg@apholina.marka.net.ua wrote: > ! for ttyv in `grep ^ttyv /etc/ttys | cut -f 1` > do > ! vidcontrol </dev/$ttyv ${allscreens_flags} > done > fi > echo '.' > --- 114,122 ---- > # set this mode for all virtual screens > if [ "X${allscreens_flags}" != X"" ] ; then > echo -n ' allscreens' > ! for ttyv in /dev/ttyv* > do > ! vidcontrol <$ttyv ${allscreens_flags} > done Surely this just hides the problem from the administrator? To have ttys enabled in /etc/ttys but not configured in /dev is an error that should be addressed, surely? Certainly, rc.i386 doesn't die because of this, so I don't see the benefit of the proposed change. Ciao, Sheldon. On 28-Oct-99 Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 19:35:05 +0300, oleg@apholina.marka.net.ua wrote: > >> ! for ttyv in `grep ^ttyv /etc/ttys | cut -f 1` >> do >> ! vidcontrol </dev/$ttyv ${allscreens_flags} >> done >> fi >> echo '.' >> --- 114,122 ---- >> # set this mode for all virtual screens >> if [ "X${allscreens_flags}" != X"" ] ; then >> echo -n ' allscreens' >> ! for ttyv in /dev/ttyv* >> do >> ! vidcontrol <$ttyv ${allscreens_flags} >> done > > Surely this just hides the problem from the administrator? To have ttys > enabled in /etc/ttys but not configured in /dev is an error that should > be addressed, surely? > > Certainly, rc.i386 doesn't die because of this, so I don't see the > benefit of the proposed change. Thank you for explanation your point of view. Maybe this is right opinion. I think you can close this PR#. > > Ciao, > Sheldon. With best wishes Oleg V. Naumann ---------------------------------- E-Mail: oleg@Apholina.marka.net.ua Date: 28-Oct-99 Time: 18:38:35 This message was sent by XFMail ---------------------------------- Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-bugs->sheldonh I'm assigning this to myself as a reminder to close it if nobody counters my argument any time soon. State Changed From-To: open->closed Both the originator and I feel that the error messages generated by the current rc.i386 are useful. |
allscreens in rc.i386 have incorrect behaviour, if: 1. value for MAXCONS options in kernel configuration file lower than number of /dev/ttyv* files 2. allscreens in /etc/rc.conf are enabled: allscreens_flags="-m on", for example On such circumstantions you will get .... rc.i386 configuring syscons: keymap keychange cursor screen_map font8x16 blank_time moused allscreens cannot open /dev/ttyv7: no such device or address .... after reboot or 3. enabled ttyv*-s number in /etc/ttys lower than MAXCONS or /dev/ttyv* files number Fix: May be, this patch not solve all problems in this situation? I dont now how to retrieve avalaible virtual consoles number from kernel for correct patch :-( # diff -crN rc.i386 rc.i386.original How-To-Repeat: Set 'allscreens_flags="-m on"' in /etc/rc.conf Set MAXCONS=6 in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/YOUR_KERNEL config YOUR_KERNEL cd ../../compile/YOUR_KERNEL make depend make all make install fastboot ... rc.i386 configuring syscons: keymap keychange cursor screen_map font8x16 blank_time moused allscreens cannot open /dev/ttyv7: no such device or address .....