Re: vidcontrol(1) complains about Bad magic, in base/head, amd64, sc console, r268165

On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 12:57-0700, Kevin Oberman wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Trond Endrestøl <
> Trond.Endrestol_at_fagskolen.gjovik.no> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 21:05+0200, Trond Endrestøl wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 20:51+0200, Trond Endrestøl wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Is it just me or is there something wrong with vidcontrol(1) in
> > > > base/head, amd64, sc console, r268165?
> > > >
> > > > First, I had to specify absolute pathnames for the font8x16, font8x14,
> > > > and font8x8 variables in /etc/rc.conf before vidcontrol(1) would load
> > > > anything, and next, vidcontrol(1), when run by /etc/rc.d/syscons,
> > > > complains about:
> > > >
> > > > Bad magic
> > > > vidcontrol: failed to load font
> > "/usr/share/syscons/fonts/iso-8x16.fnt": No error: 0
> > > > Bad magic
> > > > vidcontrol: failed to load font
> > "/usr/share/syscons/fonts/iso-8x14.fnt": No error: 0
> > > > Bad magic
> > > > vidcontrol: failed to load font
> > "/usr/share/syscons/fonts/iso-8x8.fnt": No error: 0
> > > >
> > > > I wouldn't rule out pilot error on my part, but r267957 worked
> > > > flawlessly in this regard.
> > >
> > > I guess with both sc and vt in the kernel, line 220 of
> > > usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontrol.c needs a slight adjustment.
> >
> > The same adjustment will be needed at line 150 of
> > usr.sbin/kbdcontrol/kbdcontrol.c.
> >
> 
> I don't believe that building a kernel for both vt and sc is supported, so
> I'm not surprised that it does not work.

Maybe you should examine r268045 and reconsider your position.

> I would like to know how you intend to use such a kernel. I'm not sure I
> see a case where having both would be useful and it looks like keeping them
> straight would be rather a problem.

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