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Date:      Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:44:53 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r230482 - head/release
Message-ID:  <201201231544.q0NFirMh032859@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: nwhitehorn
Date: Mon Jan 23 15:44:52 2012
New Revision: 230482
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/230482

Log:
  Per popular demand, if installing from a graphics terminal, run the
  installer on a VTY with no kernel messages (VTY 2), show the installer
  log in real time on VTY 3, and spawn a shell on VTY 4.
  
  PR:		bin/161047, bin/161048
  MFC after:	2 weeks

Modified:
  head/release/rc.local

Modified: head/release/rc.local
==============================================================================
--- head/release/rc.local	Mon Jan 23 15:39:45 2012	(r230481)
+++ head/release/rc.local	Mon Jan 23 15:44:52 2012	(r230482)
@@ -10,8 +10,19 @@
 
 kbdcontrol -d >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-	# Syscons: use xterm
+	# Syscons: use xterm, start interesting things on other VTYs
 	TERM=xterm
+
+	if [ "$EXTERNAL_VTY_STARTED" -ne 1 ]; then
+		vidcontrol -s 2 # Switch to a VTY with no kernel messages
+		# Init will clean these processes up if/when the system
+		# goes multiuser
+		touch /tmp/bsdinstall_log
+		tail -f /tmp/bsdinstall_log > /dev/ttyv2 &
+		/usr/libexec/getty autologin ttyv3
+		EXTERNAL_VTY_STARTED=1
+		trap "vidcontrol -s 1" EXIT
+	fi
 else
 	# Serial or other console
 	echo



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