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Subject: Re: vidcontrol < /dev/console -i active ioctl error
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:33:52 +0200
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> On 28. Jan 2021, at 01:35, Jesper Schmitz Mouridsen <jsm@FreeBSD.org> =
wrote:
>=20
> FreeBSD build.freebsd.lan 13.0-ALPHA1 FreeBSD 13.0-ALPHA1 #0 =
main-c255938-g7ae27c2d6c4: Thu Jan 14 06:29:55 UTC 2021 =
root@releng1.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/sys/GENERIC =
amd64
> jesper@build:~ $ su
> Password:
> root@build:~ # vidcontrol < /dev/console -i active
> vidcontrol: getting active vty: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>=20
> build is virtualized in bhyve, it happens as well on my pinebook pro.
>=20
> This is annoying to sysutils/consolekit2
>=20
> on 12.2 it works (not tested on same HW)
>=20

it should work for local console:

root@freebsd:/usr/src #	vidcontrol -i active < /dev/console
1

may it be your =E2=80=9Cprimary=E2=80=9D is actually serial console?

rgds,
toomas