>>> On 8/25/2008 at 4:12 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter 1 Oberparleiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> wrote on 22.08.2008 23:30:24: >> >>> On 8/22/2008 at 4:45 PM, in message >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Alan >> Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -snip- >> > That's the error you get when the virtual machine hasn't activated the >> > integrated linemode console interface. >> >> I know this isn't (necessarily) your area of expertise, but do you >> have any idea how to activate that from Linux? (Or however it's done?) > > You can force the use of the linemode console while running under VM > by putting 'conmode=sclp' on the kernel command line.
Hmm. After one test I can definitively say that is a far less attractive option than using 3215 _or_ 3270 mode for the console. I really _don't_ want to have to prepend #cp vi vmsg to every console input from boot until shutdown. Ugh. Might I suggest that the commands and device driver manual be updated to _not_ show the issuing of bash commands as the examples of how to use this facility, and add some of the downsides? From what I can see, this is only really useful at the zipl boot menu. After that, no sane person would want to have to deal with it. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
