Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 12:57:51 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: =?UTF-8?Q?Trond_Endrest=C3=B8l?= <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> Cc: FreeBSD current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: vidcontrol(1) complains about Bad magic, in base/head, amd64, sc console, r268165 Message-ID: <CAN6yY1su_3x2DoTpgGNf7ofc5xkv8ucH6t78%2BP6Q-k5a0s7PbQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1407022118100.11883@mail.fig.ol.no> References: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1407022041460.11883@mail.fig.ol.no> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1407022104260.11883@mail.fig.ol.no> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1407022118100.11883@mail.fig.ol.no>
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On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Trond Endrest=C3=B8l < Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> wrote: > On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 21:05+0200, Trond Endrest=C3=B8l wrote: > > > On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 20:51+0200, Trond Endrest=C3=B8l wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Is it just me or is there something wrong with vidcontrol(1) in > > > base/head, amd64, sc console, r268165? > > > > > > First, I had to specify absolute pathnames for the font8x16, font8x14= , > > > and font8x8 variables in /etc/rc.conf before vidcontrol(1) would load > > > anything, and next, vidcontrol(1), when run by /etc/rc.d/syscons, > > > complains about: > > > > > > Bad magic > > > vidcontrol: failed to load font > "/usr/share/syscons/fonts/iso-8x16.fnt": No error: 0 > > > Bad magic > > > vidcontrol: failed to load font > "/usr/share/syscons/fonts/iso-8x14.fnt": No error: 0 > > > Bad magic > > > vidcontrol: failed to load font > "/usr/share/syscons/fonts/iso-8x8.fnt": No error: 0 > > > > > > I wouldn't rule out pilot error on my part, but r267957 worked > > > flawlessly in this regard. > > > > I guess with both sc and vt in the kernel, line 220 of > > usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontrol.c needs a slight adjustment. > > The same adjustment will be needed at line 150 of > usr.sbin/kbdcontrol/kbdcontrol.c. > I don't believe that building a kernel for both vt and sc is supported, so I'm not surprised that it does not work. I would like to know how you intend to use such a kernel. I'm not sure I see a case where having both would be useful and it looks like keeping them straight would be rather a problem. --=20 R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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