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Date:      Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:41:42 +0100
From:      Jesper Schmitz Mouridsen <jsm@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: vidcontrol < /dev/console -i active ioctl error
Message-ID:  <7c9aad3d-99fe-860c-3c6f-22086cb31bd1@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <C9F632C5-F1A9-4AF8-8163-EA08C848B94A@me.com>
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On 28.01.2021 08.33, Toomas Soome wrote:
>
>
>> On 28. Jan 2021, at 01:35, Jesper Schmitz Mouridsen <jsm@FreeBSD.org 
>> <mailto:jsm@FreeBSD.org>> wrote:
>>
>> 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 
>> <mailto: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
>>
>> build is virtualized in bhyve, it happens as well on my pinebook pro.
>>
>> This is annoying to sysutils/consolekit2
>>
>> on 12.2 it works (not tested on same HW)
>>
>
> it should work for local console:
>
> root@freebsd:/usr/src #vidcontrol -i active < /dev/console
> 1
>
> may it be your “primary” is actually serial console?
>
> rgds,
> toomas
>

Oh that makes sense, I added console="vidconsole,comconsole" to my 
/boot/loader.conf on the Pinebook Pro

and consolekit2 works.

Thanks

/Jsm




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