From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Feb 16 15:21:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA04551 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 16 Feb 1997 15:21:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA04543 for ; Sun, 16 Feb 1997 15:20:53 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id JAA05708; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 09:50:15 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199702162320.JAA05708@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: boot messages (Was: Sun Workshop compiler vs. GCC?) In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970216171612.00c30100@dimaga.com> from Eivind Eklund at "Feb 16, 97 05:16:13 pm" To: eivind@dimaga.com (Eivind Eklund) Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 09:50:14 +1030 (CST) Cc: giles@nemeton.com.au, avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, jehamby@lightside.com, hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Eivind Eklund stands accused of saying: > > How difficult early is it possible to switch to another vty? If this is > possible to do real early, we can have a splash screen on the second vty, > and "knowledgable people" will know they can switch back with ALT-F1. > All screens should be cleared on finished boot, of course, unless the > system is set up to boot directly to xdm. The splash-screen is actually implemented as an alternate display mode for a single VT. But you're not paying attention : it is NOT POSSIBLE to detect keystrokes on the console while the device probes are running, because interrupts are Turned Off. Once interrupts are enabled, the hotkey toggles the screen. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[