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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, gurney_j@nike.efn.org
Subject: Re: FreeBSD without console
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>I've come across a problem.... when I run without a video card and run
>comconsole...  it likes to panic when sc0 is enabled.. is this normal?

It seems to be.  The sc probe always succeeds, and sc apparently accesese
memory where it shouldn't in some cases.  Don't enable sc0 if you don't
have an sc.

>(oh and the panics just srcoll right off the screen.. if you would like I

This is caused by a bug in siocncheckc().  Hitting a key to pause the
panic doesn't work.  This will be fixed RSN.

>could log them...)  just wondering.. thanks for all the help..

I use `a_simple_terminal_program | tee /tmp/foo'.  Complicated terminal
programs should have a logging feature.

Bruce