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On 1/12/2012 10:30 AM, Jason Hellenthal wrote:
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> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 07:13:41PM +0200, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using this small addition to etc/rc.d/syscons.
>> It extends the allscreens functionality with an
>> allscreens_exclude variable which controls the virtual
>> terminals that are excluded from running the allscreens
>> command. I use it mainly to exclude ttyv0 from switching
>> to raster mode while allscreens are set to raster mode.
>>
>> I can file a proper PR if that sounds interesting to the project?
>>
>
> Personally I would believe a proper fix for this would be to add functionality to rc.d to be able to change terminals on a by terminal basis instead of adding an exclude to a variable meant to cover 'ALL' screens.
>
> vidcontrol_flags_ttyv0="..."

This is probably better and consistent with the rest of the system,
but way verbose for my taste.