Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch

2000-11-30 Thread Michael C . Wu
On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 07:39:33AM -0800, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group scribbled: | In message <1050.974925641@critter>, Poul-Henning Kamp writes: | > | > The attached patch is a "proof-of-concept" on which I would like | > to get some comments: | > | > It bugs me big time that the outpu

Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch

2000-11-25 Thread Cyrille Lefevre
"David O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 01:08:37AM +0100, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: > > > Its in the scrollback buffer. > > > > and how do you access the scroll-back buffer if you are not front to the > > console (read remote) ? > > Do you mean remotely loged in acros

Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch

2000-11-25 Thread Cyrille Lefevre
Alexander Leidinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 24 Nov, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: > > >> >> The attached patch is a "proof-of-concept" on which I would like > >> >> to get some comments: > >> > > >> > I'm only a moronic user, but this would make my life easier. My machine > >> > switches in

Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch

2000-11-25 Thread David O'Brien
On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 01:08:37AM +0100, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: > > Its in the scrollback buffer. > > and how do you access the scroll-back buffer if you are not front to the > console (read remote) ? Do you mean remotely loged in across the network, or a serial [remote] console? If you mean t

Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch

2000-11-25 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chuck Paterson writes: > > Is there reason to believe that we won't have dead lock >problems from the M_WAITOK? It seems like that if anything in >the path needed to full fill the malloc needs to log there >is a problem. We don't otherwise treat the /dev/cons

Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch

2000-11-25 Thread Chuck Paterson
Is there reason to believe that we won't have dead lock problems from the M_WAITOK? It seems like that if anything in the path needed to full fill the malloc needs to log there is a problem. Chuck To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the

Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch

2000-11-25 Thread Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group
In message <1050.974925641@critter>, Poul-Henning Kamp writes: > > The attached patch is a "proof-of-concept" on which I would like > to get some comments: > > It bugs me big time that the output from /etc/rc and all other output > to /dev/console is volatile and lost once it scrolls of your con

Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch

2000-11-24 Thread Alexander Leidinger
On 24 Nov, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: >> >> The attached patch is a "proof-of-concept" on which I would like >> >> to get some comments: >> > >> > I'm only a moronic user, but this would make my life easier. My machine >> > switches into 132x43 on startup, and I always lose the output. So this >>

Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch

2000-11-23 Thread Cyrille Lefevre
Alexander Leidinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 22 Nov, Ashley Penney wrote: > > >> The attached patch is a "proof-of-concept" on which I would like > >> to get some comments: > > > > I'm only a moronic user, but this would make my life easier. My machine > > switches into 132x43 on star

Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch

2000-11-23 Thread Alexander Leidinger
On 22 Nov, Ashley Penney wrote: >> The attached patch is a "proof-of-concept" on which I would like >> to get some comments: > > I'm only a moronic user, but this would make my life easier. My machine > switches into 132x43 on startup, and I always lose the output. So this Its in the scrollb

Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch

2000-11-22 Thread Garrett Wollman
< said: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Garrett Wollman write >> They can try, but by the time they do the console has already been >> revoke()d, so they no longer have access to the real console. > I don't know what you consider "the real console", but opening > "/dev/console" and barfing on

Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch

2000-11-22 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Garrett Wollman write s: >< said: > >> Another particular thing I remember was that some syslog-challenged >> daemons whine on /dev/console long after /etc/rc has finished. > >They can try, but by the time they do the console has already been >revoke()d, so they no

Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch

2000-11-22 Thread Garrett Wollman
< said: > Another particular thing I remember was that some syslog-challenged > daemons whine on /dev/console long after /etc/rc has finished. They can try, but by the time they do the console has already been revoke()d, so they no longer have access to the real console. I've thought about wri

Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch

2000-11-22 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dan Nelson writes: >In the last episode (Nov 22), Poul-Henning Kamp said: >> The attached patch is a "proof-of-concept" on which I would like to >> get some comments: >> >> It bugs me big time that the output from /etc/rc and all other output >> to /dev/console is

Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch

2000-11-22 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Nov 22), Poul-Henning Kamp said: > The attached patch is a "proof-of-concept" on which I would like to > get some comments: > > It bugs me big time that the output from /etc/rc and all other output > to /dev/console is volatile and lost once it scrolls of your console. SCO l

Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch

2000-11-22 Thread Ashley Penney
On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 09:40:41PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp said: > > The attached patch is a "proof-of-concept" on which I would like > to get some comments: I'm only a moronic user, but this would make my life easier. My machine switches into 132x43 on startup, and I always lose the output.

RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch

2000-11-22 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
The attached patch is a "proof-of-concept" on which I would like to get some comments: It bugs me big time that the output from /etc/rc and all other output to /dev/console is volatile and lost once it scrolls of your console. It particular bugs me for systems which are configured with a modem