From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 2 00:30:19 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6762BB33 for ; Sat, 2 Aug 2014 00:30:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-x235.google.com (mail-ig0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::235]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3918B2CFA for ; Sat, 2 Aug 2014 00:30:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ig0-f181.google.com with SMTP id h3so2485799igd.14 for ; Fri, 01 Aug 2014 17:30:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=AEga5cExQBvYCZUMJnv5pQ9Wsj30d0K26mORsXCjVuA=; b=Eyk9QocLxcdWFS71evPQTuRfijISz8H+PuG1yMFcNw35kkvk4Pa7qj/MbW25LC3Zm1 ptyQasORGg2il/sjQuaP5W1wCJ6x+BHSQQX64BlZS2eDfy3uxWDhR2GNv/+4eLmxqlgI M0BhHspUGuPlGBn+5x6Sxi/yhFOq02oaVnwKIZAg+qXUolmE9hLtZYehLPJhRNuDfflb f5KiNEePgtWQbCJkdWqZz6nbPJj6C12n2ZF2gE9ptb/3kHM1d2ycfPLzheQxp4d/fann F9D6jWizOBxr4H7d47LQ7ykxA3/NwNnoBHBMjEDZF5LfXY29oTpbtbq1QkazT3EPO0cz ydvQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.112.1 with SMTP id im1mr11986688igb.33.1406939418349; Fri, 01 Aug 2014 17:30:18 -0700 (PDT) Sender: carpeddiem@gmail.com Received: by 10.107.131.38 with HTTP; Fri, 1 Aug 2014 17:30:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140801211845.GG50495@funkthat.com> References: <20140801211845.GG50495@funkthat.com> Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 20:30:18 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: tcG9NKYlFZDYPz-7Y23hH_uYunc Message-ID: Subject: Re: comments on vt as console... From: Ed Maste To: FreeBSD Current Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 00:30:19 -0000 On 1 August 2014 17:18, John-Mark Gurney 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?