From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Tue Oct 6 13:30:44 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA559433603 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2020 13:30:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@puchar.net) Received: from puchar.net (puchar.net [194.1.144.90]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4C5JJ34DJWz4V2B for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2020 13:30:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@puchar.net) Received: Received: from 127.0.0.1 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by puchar.net (8.15.2/8.16.1) with ESMTPS id 096DUba8076410 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 6 Oct 2020 15:30:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from puchar-wojtek@puchar.net) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=puchar.net; s=default; t=1601991038; bh=D48mZqnFt4oDrBuZfsgsnPXYSQzzaGS+/JFXMELuIOQ=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=JkocjJLiTo5cKfkF+yR4IeJ46u2FDQ3I1dvhg5wI8VnJ0tchzR6m63dOrz4/dUfBU LbWPk5EsPH5o/KfS6xVPQjYgdfWKY1CA/XxnZgDC9/8O9Qf24YeQ9+gShKpqKMptOX XNGgiqgn7RzikAQJE0Q03sWTtJhdF1Ii/ElIQPD4= Received: from localhost (puchar-wojtek@localhost) by puchar.net (8.16.1/8.16.1/Submit) with ESMTP id 096DUbaB076407; Tue, 6 Oct 2020 15:30:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from puchar-wojtek@puchar.net) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2020 15:30:37 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Eugene Grosbein cc: Wojciech Puchar , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: difference between real serial console and virtual console In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (BSF 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4C5JJ34DJWz4V2B X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=fail (headers rsa verify failed) header.d=puchar.net header.s=default header.b=JkocjJLi; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of wojtek@puchar.net designates 194.1.144.90 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=wojtek@puchar.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.29 / 15.00]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.89)[-0.887]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; R_DKIM_REJECT(1.00)[puchar.net:s=default]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[puchar.net]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.05)[-1.051]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[puchar.net:-]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.05)[-0.054]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:43476, ipnet:194.1.144.0/24, country:PL]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-hackers] X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2020 13:30:44 -0000 >> >> any idea why? > > This should be related to user terminal size that's configured by user terminal emulator in case of network login. > In case of VGA console, it's configured by console driver itself. Not VGA console. serial console. connected to same sized rxvt as ssh. > > In case of serial console, the system known nothing about user terminal size initially, > so FreeBSD's default .login/.profile scripts contain call to resizewin utility. > Read its manual page resizewin(1) and make sure you have "resizewin -z" in your shell's profile. added to .bash_profile - i will check the results next time i will be there and use serial port