Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 06:30:08 -0500 From: "Mark A. Hummel" <mhumm@ispchannel.com> To: David Fuchs <dfuchs@uniserve.com> Cc: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: /etc/issue, gettytab, and ttys - response Message-ID: <398D4C40.5037CA6D@ispchannel.com> References: <001001bfff7b$90057400$0201a8c0@beastie.net> <398D3F35.8E02AE8F@ispchannel.com> <20000806121829.D257@parish>
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David, Well I think (Mark O.) just about sums it up; easy to do, but definitely not what you want to do. Sorry. Mark H. Mark Ovens wrote: > On Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 05:34:29AM -0500, Mark A. Hummel wrote: > > David, > > > > I'm a newbie so brace yourself. I may be way off base here, but I > > recently installed a splash screen on my BSD system. I realize it's > > not a critical system feature, but why couldn't you use it to > > "splash" your pre-login messages to the screen? Don't ask me how > > (but it shouldn't be that tough), it was just a thought. > > > > Do you mean "you" personally, or "you" as in FreeBSD? All you would > need to do is create a graphic, using GIMP or similar and save it as a > .BMP file. > > It wouldn't be a good idea for FreeBSD to use this as the default > method (the messages you see, BTW, are in /etc/motd (Message Of The > Day)) for several reasons: > > 1) The splash screen feature doesn't work with all graphics > cards. > > 2) Not everyone wants it. > > 3) It hides important boot messages (especially if you are > having boot problems) and can't be dismissed (by hitting ESC) > until you are part way through the boot (when it reads > /etc/rc.conf, IIRC). Maybe if it was changed so that it could > be suppressed "on the fly" by holding down a key, e.g. SHIFT, > at the start of boot.... > > 4) It has disappeared by the time the login: prompt appears, > which is when you would most likely need the info it > contained. > > 5) Some people would think we were copying Windows ;) > > > Mark > > > > David Fuchs wrote: > > > > > I've recently compiled and installed the sources for 4.1-Stable. I used to > > > run 4.0-Stable. The upgrade went fine and I had no trouble rebuilding /etc, > > > /var, and /usr, but I've noticed some odd things happening. > > > > > > I'd like to have a login message (/etc/issue in Linux) appear *before* the > > > login prompt, but the only way I've been able to do this is with the "im" > > > and "if" options in /etc/gettytab. The problem is that editing the gettytab > > > file used to work (when I was running 4.0), but now it doesn't function the > > > same and my users don't see a message before they log in. I would very much > > > like to have a login message on pseudo-terminals when someone logs in > > > remotely. Not that it doesn't work at all, it still works for console and > > > serial connections, but not remote connections (anymore). > > > > > > Second, before I did a CVSup to 4.1 and rebuilt the world, I was only able > > > to log in at 9600 baud over a serial connection, but since the update, I > > > can't connect at 9600 anymore. Amazingly, I can now only connect at 115200 > > > which was previously impossible. I'm not complaining about this one, but I > > > haven't been able to find any information on the -current mailing list or > > > anywhere else regarding this... have there been some changes? Why can I not > > > connect at 9600 anymore? All I receive when I create a 9600 baud connection > > > are funny characters and symbols. > > > > > > Any help with either of these problems would be greatly appreciated! > > > > > > -David Fuchs > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, > am I entitled to my money back? > ________________________________________________________________ > 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark > mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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