Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 16:52:49 +0000 (UTC) From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r53871 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <202002061652.016Gqnqt047001@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: 0mp Date: Thu Feb 6 16:52:49 2020 New Revision: 53871 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/53871 Log: Update FAQ use of "default console driver" to be vt(4), not syscons(4) PR: 220015 Submitted by: pauamma_gundo.com Reported by: salternate@gmx.com Reviewed by: bcr Approved by: bcr (mentor) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D22699 Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Thu Feb 6 16:21:20 2020 (r53870) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Thu Feb 6 16:52:49 2020 (r53871) @@ -1592,7 +1592,7 @@ <answer> <para>The default console driver, - &man.syscons.4;, provides the ability to use a mouse + &man.vt.4;, provides the ability to use a mouse pointer in text consoles to cut & paste text. Run the mouse daemon, &man.moused.8;, and turn on the mouse pointer in the virtual console:</para> @@ -3770,23 +3770,11 @@ options SYSVMSG # enable for messaging</pr </question> <answer> - <para>When using &man.syscons.4;, the default console - driver, build and install a new kernel with this line in - the configuration file:</para> + <para>When using &man.vt.4;, the default console + driver, this can be done by setting the following + &man.sysctl.8;:</para> - <programlisting>options SC_DISABLE_REBOOT</programlisting> - - <para>This can also be done by setting the following - &man.sysctl.8; which does not require a reboot or kernel - recompile:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysctl hw.syscons.kbd_reboot=0</userinput></screen> - - <note> - <para>The above two methods are exclusive: The - &man.sysctl.8; does not exist if the kernel is compiled - with <literal>SC_DISABLE_REBOOT</literal>.</para> - </note> + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysctl kern.vt.kbd_reboot=0</userinput></screen> </answer> </qandaentry> @@ -4231,10 +4219,10 @@ options SYSVMSG # enable for messaging</pr </question> <answer> - <para>When using &man.syscons.4;, the default console + <para>When using &man.vt.4;, the default console driver, &os; can be configured to support a mouse pointer on each virtual screen. To avoid conflicting with X, - &man.syscons.4; supports a virtual device called + &man.vt.4; supports a virtual device called <filename>/dev/sysmouse</filename>. All mouse events received from the real mouse device are written to the &man.sysmouse.4; device via &man.moused.8;. To use the
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