Re: consoles broken on Thinkpad T20

From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:18:33 +0400
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 08:41:47PM +0800, Xin LI wrote:
X> ??? 2005-06-12?????? 16:38 +0400???Gleb Smirnoff?????????
X> > On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 03:06:31PM +0400, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
X> > T> today I've upgraded to recent current, and got the following breakage.
X> > T> When my notebook boots, right after printing "Updating motd",
X> > T> screen goes black. After it has finished booting I can't switch
X> > T> consoles - Alt-{F2,F3 .. F8} produces beep. ALt-F1 does not, but
X> > T> screen is black. I've found a workaround - switching ttyv0 off
X> > T> in /etc/ttys gives me ability to switch consoles and work. The first
X> > T> vty is black still.
X> > T> 
X> > T> I've also tried putting 'exit 0' in the very beginning of /etc/rc.d/syscons.
X> > T> In this case I see as notebook continues to boot, but at the very end,
X> > T> after local startup, the first vty goes black.
X> > 
X> > I've found that problem is caused by /usr/sbin/ispcvt call from /etc/rc.d/syscons
X> > and later rom /etc/rc.d/pcvt.
X> > 
X> > Calling ispcvt by hand causes the same black screen and other symptoms as
X> > describe in above quote.
X> 
X> Which sys/dev/syscons/scvesactl.c version do you have?  Is it 1.22?

Oops. It is 1.21. I suppose this is already fixed. Thanks!

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