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Date:      Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:06:58 +0100 (CET)
From:      Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
To:        ashp@unloved.org
Cc:        phk@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch
Message-ID:  <200011231207.eANC70202422@Magelan.Leidinger.net>
In-Reply-To: <20001122215852.A75332@kyra.unloved.org>

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On 22 Nov, Ashley Penney wrote:

>> The attached patch is a "proof-of-concept" on which I would like
>> to get some comments:
>  
> I'm only a moronic user, but this would make my life easier.  My machine
> switches into 132x43 on startup, and I always lose the output.  So this

Its in the scrollback buffer.
BTW: are you using a recent -current on an UP machine? After the first
SMPNG commits the switch to 132x60 caused a hang on my machine and I
haven't tested if this still happens.

> is just me saying "Yay for phk."

Yes.

Regarding the "syslog writes messages back to /dev/console" thing: isn't
this just a "I want to be able to shoot in my own foot" bikeshed?

Bye,
Alexander.

-- 
            Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day;
     teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.

http://www.Leidinger.net                       Alexander @ Leidinger.net
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