Re: Switching ttys to /dev/constty by default (Was: Enabling xdm in sysinst breaks console login?)

2019-07-17 Thread David Brownlee
On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 at 01:25, Brian Buhrow wrote: > > hello. What happens with xen consoles or serial consoles? Last I checked it "Just Worked". I don't have a NetBSD DOMU to hand, but will retest DOM0 and serial console today and a DOMU as soon as I can get one setup (unless someone

Re: Switching ttys to /dev/constty by default (Was: Enabling xdm in sysinst breaks console login?)

2019-07-16 Thread Brian Buhrow
hello. What happens with xen consoles or serial consoles? -thanks -Brian

Re: Switching ttys to /dev/constty by default (Was: Enabling xdm in sysinst breaks console login?)

2019-07-16 Thread David Brownlee
On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 at 22:40, David Brownlee wrote: > [...history of /dev/constty introduction 16 years ago...] Final call - any objections to switching /dev/ttys entries from /dev/console to /dev/constty? It specifically fixes the use case of - user enables xdm via sysinst, or adds 'xdm=YES'

Switching ttys to /dev/constty by default (Was: Enabling xdm in sysinst breaks console login?)

2019-06-25 Thread David Brownlee
On Sun, 9 Jun 2019 at 15:30, Valery Ushakov wrote: > [... some clipped ...] > > revision 1.19 > date: 2008-10-07 14:00:01 +0400; author: abs; state: Exp; lines: +2 -1; > branches: 1.19.18; 1.19.20; > Add a constty entry, marked 'off', with otherwise the same