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Subject: kern/2118: failure to write to vc w/o input
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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: