From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 28 23:46:14 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66647106566C for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:46:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rbgarga@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f17.google.com (mail-qy0-f17.google.com [209.85.221.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 073288FC1B for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:46:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rbgarga@gmail.com) Received: by qyk10 with SMTP id 10so11582390qyk.19 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:46:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=4DaBgMrgBZ/pac7y3toI28rdHwd89GZcEN8i/GH5LdM=; b=o/aYyPxG0Wgg/uvkMA8iLnF2s3Um/goGPsv+PD/NhWAbGYA5YdN8rJ7nHIl0nYGy1i RY6mS4/XECv20SRdJIb1GczypMd4J9oGfq5XXoPdsTHctqrTRgVXzvyS36oDteNhtKYE D7WADiSmUwdiwwLwKH9nvXgg5nxoHwQgYwIg8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=LAgvtf5ES+SOHgT2Mm+iM6V4aRCMUUG1DLqZfUtM2GPayXsuJgjOjmEvx/mYuY5QNY bEJTgRBweyciqD5F32kDJ721sUfmENj24GsVvIcAVRkREoLWpinGdv8ZBsywqNhTalCS 31ZmJzPUtrhAkmd1QZAFWMImzV37XD8W4mtQ8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.214.43.17 with SMTP id q17mr584218qaq.58.1233186373331; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:46:13 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20090128211416.GV17198@hoeg.nl> References: <4980C766.50207@boland.org> <20090128211416.GV17198@hoeg.nl> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:46:13 -0200 Message-ID: <747dc8f30901281546o6803dddey2bdf36e8ced5128@mail.gmail.com> From: Renato Botelho To: Ed Schouten Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Michiel Boland , FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: console oddities X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:46:14 -0000 On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Ed Schouten wrote: > Hello Michiel, > > * Michiel Boland wrote: >> On boot, the cursor on the vga screen goes to home position. >> So if you have console=comconsole in loader.conf, the login prompt on the >> vga terminal is sort-of lost amidst the initial boot output. > > Ah, it seems we forget to sync the initial cursor position with the > hardware cursor if we don't use syscons as the kernel console. Can you > try the attached patch? > >> Also during shutdown the tty settings appear to be incorrect. I am >> getting the good old staircase effect (line feeds without carriage >> returns.) This applies to both serial and vga consoles. > > Yes, this is an issue I'll look into very soon. I've been a little busy > the last couple of weeks, which means I've not been able to look into > this issue yet. I hope to get it fixed somewhere this weekend. > > Let me know if the patch solves your issue. I noted something strange here too, i'm using a 1280x1024 console and when I do a shutdown it seems to ignore the resolution and use just a part (left superior) of the screen to show shutdown proccess messages. I'm using recent -current -- Renato Botelho