Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:06:58 +0100 (CET) From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: ashp@unloved.org Cc: phk@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch Message-ID: <200011231207.eANC70202422@Magelan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20001122215852.A75332@kyra.unloved.org>
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On 22 Nov, Ashley Penney wrote:
>> The attached patch is a "proof-of-concept" on which I would like
>> to get some comments:
>
> I'm only a moronic user, but this would make my life easier. My machine
> switches into 132x43 on startup, and I always lose the output. So this
Its in the scrollback buffer.
BTW: are you using a recent -current on an UP machine? After the first
SMPNG commits the switch to 132x60 caused a hang on my machine and I
haven't tested if this still happens.
> is just me saying "Yay for phk."
Yes.
Regarding the "syslog writes messages back to /dev/console" thing: isn't
this just a "I want to be able to shoot in my own foot" bikeshed?
Bye,
Alexander.
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teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.
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