From owner-freebsd-current Thu Nov 23 4:59:19 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mout0.freenet.de (mout0.freenet.de [194.97.50.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C48F37B479; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 04:59:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from [194.97.50.144] (helo=mx1.freenet.de) by mout0.freenet.de with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #20) id 13yvy0-0005wZ-00; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:59:08 +0100 Received: from a38b1.pppool.de ([213.6.56.177] helo=Magelan.Leidinger.net) by mx1.freenet.de with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #20) id 13yvxw-0006Rz-00; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:59:06 +0100 Received: from Leidinger.net (netchild@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Magelan.Leidinger.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eANC70202422; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:07:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from netchild@Leidinger.net) Message-Id: <200011231207.eANC70202422@Magelan.Leidinger.net> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:06:58 +0100 (CET) From: Alexander Leidinger Subject: Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch To: ashp@unloved.org Cc: phk@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20001122215852.A75332@kyra.unloved.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 GPG fingerprint = 7423 F3E6 3A7E B334 A9CC B10A 1F5F 130A A638 6E7E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message