On Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:59:39 +0200, David Gwynne <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 06, 2026 at 11:50:46PM +0300, Veraellyunjie wrote: > > Hi folks > > > > I want OpenBSD to boot directly into an application, on tty, > > without Xenocara. > > > > I searched and found it is not supported, > > and the closest you can do is > > run your stuff directly from /etc/rc.local or /etc/ttys > > im using the diff below to have my user automatically log on. i have > this in gettytab: > > al.dlg:\ > :sp#115200:ht:al=dlg > > and then this in /etc/ttys on ttyC0: > > ttyC0 "/usr/libexec/getty al.dlg" vt220 on secure > > and then this in my .profile to start the thing i want to run on the > console: > > TTY=$(tty) > if [[ "$TTY" = "/dev/ttyC0" ]]; then > cd trees/wslv > exec sh run > fi > > it's supposed to work like "al" in freebsd getty. i havent shared this > diff before because it seemed like a very niche problem that only i had. >
Thanks for this. Personally I'll use it time to time when I debug some device. -- wbr, Kirill

