From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 26 18:04:39 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AC531065670 for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:04:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaduk@mit.edu) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-6.mit.edu (DMZ-MAILSEC-SCANNER-6.MIT.EDU [18.7.68.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A8578FC16 for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:04:38 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 12074423-b7f736d0000008d8-08-4e80beb6f1c3 Received: from mailhub-auth-2.mit.edu ( [18.7.62.36]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-6.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 3B.84.02264.6BEB08E4; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:04:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by mailhub-auth-2.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id p8QI4bBk008841; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:04:37 -0400 Received: from multics.mit.edu (MULTICS.MIT.EDU [18.187.1.73]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as kaduk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id p8QI4aTU010940 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:04:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id p8QI4ZMG017433; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:04:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:04:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk To: current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <201109260053.SAA25795@lariat.net> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (GSO 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFvrIIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixG6norttX4OfwfODghZ7t25nspjz5R+r xYQrP5gcmD1mfJrP4nHllUkAUxSXTUpqTmZZapG+XQJXxvJ/D5gLJrNUtDw7yd7AOJe5i5GT Q0LAROLnqjZ2CFtM4sK99WxdjFwcQgL7GCU2P30PViQksIFRYvbcMojEASaJ1xu6mCGcBkaJ +X2fWECqWAS0JR5eagYbxSagIjHzzUY2EFtEQFzi984eRhCbWcBV4t3P52A1wgL6EscbfoJt 4BQIlHg38wRYDa+AvcT7e4tYIDYXS3xe1QVWIyqgI7F6/xQWiBpBiZMzn7BAzLSUOPfnOtsE RsFZSFKzkKQWMDKtYpRNya3SzU3MzClOTdYtTk7My0st0jXTy80s0UtNKd3ECA5ZF+UdjH8O Kh1iFOBgVOLhddzS4CfEmlhWXJl7iFGSg0lJlNdtJ1CILyk/pTIjsTgjvqg0J7X4EKMEB7OS CO/alUA53pTEyqrUonyYlDQHi5I4r8xOBz8hgfTEktTs1NSC1CKYrAwHh5IELwcwNoUEi1LT UyvSMnNKENJMHJwgw3mAhm/bCzK8uCAxtzgzHSJ/ilFRSpz3AkhCACSRUZoH1wtLKa8YxYFe EebdDVLFA0xHcN2vgAYzAQ3OqakFGVySiJCSamDMV1pjdd/gnfTFhQtTr0zj++3bImc/44nT ypBrF+6uWl705cq1BbEWNrEpd41n9Dr++WWYqLLa5+icEx3fTFu25v3baTyTt6Kw6spXh6hV 21kNfgv/eHL+8ibFh9L9zRzRXE+sDrbOVXgZoLkg84NUeJ4L57RnbRvrjNdnigmFvLhZoGCi f+68EktxRqKhFnNRcSIAmNv2XQQDAAA= Cc: Brett Glass , Adrian Chadd Subject: Re: Experiences with FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:04:39 -0000 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