Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 00:48:30 -0600 (CST) From: Jimbo Bahooli <moke@winternet.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: kern/2118: failure to write to vc w/o input Message-ID: <199611290648.AAA01229@fools.ecpnet.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199611290650.WAA01543@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 2118 >Category: kern >Synopsis: writing to virtual consoles fails to display until input >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Nov 28 22:50:00 PST 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jimbo Bahooli >Organization: none >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 >Environment: FreeBSD-current updated on 11/28/96, and make world'd shortly after. >Description: Text written to virtual consoles that are not waiting for input is not displayed. However once input is asked for, all lines pending will display. >How-To-Repeat: ( as root ) ./MAKEDEV vty12 ( assuming no active getty is on ttyv8 ) echo display me > /dev/ttyv8 ( try switching to ttyv8, you can't, text is not displayed ) add a line to /etc/ttys to start a getty on ttyv8, 'display me' will display, and then the login prompt will show up. this first showed up in syslog when trying to log to /dev/ttyvb which i had been doing for quite sometime. >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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