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Date:      Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:04:35 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Cc:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net>, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Experiences with FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2
Message-ID:  <alpine.GSO.1.10.1109261403400.882@multics.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmon%2BcE3SjR%2BT7W%2BGWSsdwxZc4OGEoTiA_-NR-Mp=CGWY1Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 26 Sep 2011, Adrian Chadd wrote:

> I agree, the lack of a virtual/emergency terminal seems a bit silly.
>
> I'm not sure about the cons25 versus xterm stuff - you're not the
> first person to report this. Guys/girls/other (Hi SF!) - why is this?
> :)
>
> It shouldn't be that hard to submit a patch to enable those extra vtys?

While one's at it, having the primary installer dialogs be on not-vt0 
(i.e. not the console) would eliminate the issue where LOR spew takes out 
parts of the dialog.

-Ben Kaduk



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