Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 20:30:18 -0400 From: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> To: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: comments on vt as console... Message-ID: <CAPyFy2Cbt%2B6y7KuhvGsZ=UBt-0fz5wbGXp9ApcvN6CskJ08_6Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140801211845.GG50495@funkthat.com> References: <20140801211845.GG50495@funkthat.com>
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On 1 August 2014 17:18, John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> wrote: > So, I decided to play around w/ vt after the recent UTF-8 discussion, > and noticed some issues w/ it... > > First, if you load the gallant font, things don't look very good... This > is probably because of the fact that I'm using the vga driver: > VT: running with driver "vga". Yes, this is an issue with vt_vga, and affects fonts other than a multiple of 8 pixels wide. It's pr191591. > Second, once one vty has the gallant font loaded, if you switch vty's, > it can occure that the new vty does not display ANY text.. The display > is mostly blank... > > Third, w/ the other font loaded, the border doesn't always properly > get cleared... > > Fourth, when switching screens, there is a brief flash of vertical > stripes before the new screen comes on... Can we do something to make > sure that this transition is clean? Either a completely blank screen, > or ideally, no blank screen, but the new text appearing? I think #2 and #4 are variations on the same issue, and only affect vt_vga as far as I know. Can you submit a PR for that issue, and one for #3?
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