From owner-freebsd-current Fri Feb 24 11:54:13 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id LAA23399 for current-outgoing; Fri, 24 Feb 1995 11:54:13 -0800 Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id LAA23393 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 1995 11:54:12 -0800 Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; id AA12573; Fri, 24 Feb 1995 14:53:23 -0500 Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 14:53:23 -0500 From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <9502241953.AA12573@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Jim Bryant Cc: FreeBSD-Current Mailing List Subject: FreeBSD-current syscons bug/feature In-Reply-To: <199502241333.HAA06923@server.iadfw.net> References: <199502241333.HAA06923@server.iadfw.net> Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < said: > Shouldn't the scrollback on the console only work if there is a valid > login at that particular /dev/ttyv* ? Logout from your console, try the > scrollback, and think for a sec... Among other wierdness in syscons... I don't think so. Oft as not, what I want to see when I use scrollback on my console is some syslog message or kernel printf that just scrolled off the screen... -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant