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Date:      Mon, 22 Apr 1996 16:37:52 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier)
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org, stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: request for a new "feature" as regards DDB
Message-ID:  <199604222337.QAA18168@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960422162337.16300A-100000@freebsd.ki.net> from "Marc G. Fournier" at Apr 22, 96 04:26:32 pm

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> 	So...any way of having an auto-switch to vt0 if the system
> crashes with DDB enabled?

Assuming you aren't in X, yes, it's possible.

If you are in X, after the panic, the console driver would need
to send a signal to the X server process to get it to restore
the console state.

Obviously, the X server process can't run if your machine has
paniced.

8-).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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