From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jun 21 18:40:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA16703 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 18:40:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA16679 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 18:40:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA04956; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 11:39:57 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980622113948.26138@welearn.com.au> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 11:39:48 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Bill/Carolyn Pechter , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCVT's death References: <19980622084201.30984@welearn.com.au> <18709.898473453@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <18709.898473453@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Sun, Jun 21, 1998 at 04:57:33PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jun 21, 1998 at 04:57:33PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Just to add to the motivation... I've spoken to a few people lately who > > have several Linux boxes and started converting them to FreeBSD, then > > changed their minds. One complaint is that FreeBSD won't talk VT100 > > in a way the Linux boxes can understand, and vice versa. It's not so > > I'd have to say that they most likely changed their minds for other > reasons and you're just hearing one small side of the story. That's possible, I suppose. > Anyone insufficiently motived to find out that there's a vt100 capable > console driver sitting in LINT (which is itself pointed to no less than > 10 times in the handbook and twice in the FAQ) with the following > comment at the top: > > # Enable this and PCVT_FREEBSD for pcvt vt220 compatible console driver > > Is not someone who's going to last much beyond the next minor hurdle, > whatever that might be. I'm not even sure my little idea is such a > good way to go, as much as it appeals to my warped sense of humor, so > for now pcvt is the way to get a vt100 console and it's not exactly > hidden to anyone willing to read even the most well-publicised FreeBSD > docs. Aha, so I did misunderstand the subject line :-) -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message