Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 05:05:20 +0200 (CEST) From: marius@alchemy.franken.de To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: jkh@freebsd.org Subject: bin/30210: 4.4-rc2 install floppy: panic when selecting terminal type Message-ID: <200108300305.f7U35Kg67032@alchemy.franken.de>
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>Number: 30210 >Category: bin >Synopsis: 4.4-rc2 install floppy: panic when selecting terminal type >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Aug 29 20:00:02 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: marius strobl >Release: FreeBSD 4.4-RC2 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD 4.4-RC2 >Description: trying to select a terminal type beyond "cons25-m" in the options menu causes an immediate "panic: Going nowhere without my init!" >How-To-Repeat: boot from the install floppies, go to options menu and press space twice at the "Terminal"-option >Fix: i guess the problem is type "xterm" in "RunningAsInit"-mode if so, this could be a possible fix (untested): --- options.c.orig Fri Aug 24 01:02:06 2001 +++ options.c Fri Aug 24 01:02:35 2001 @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ variable_set2(VAR_TERM, "cons25", 0); else if (!strcmp(cp, "cons25")) variable_set2(VAR_TERM, "cons25-m", 0); - else if (!strcmp(cp, "cons25-m")) + else if (!strcmp(cp, "cons25-m") && !RunningAsInit) variable_set2(VAR_TERM, "xterm", 0); else /* must be "high" - wrap around */ variable_set2(VAR_TERM, "ansi", 0); >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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