console-setup for FreeBSD

2011-03-09 Thread Anton Zinoviev
[Please send CC to me if you reply.] I hope the next version of console-setup will have some preliminary support for FreeBSD kernel. But I have some questions. 1. How can I detect in a shell script what kernel is in use (Linux or FreeBSD). This code should work both in normal Debian

Re: console-setup for FreeBSD

2011-03-09 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi, Anton Zinoviev an...@lml.bas.bg (09/03/2011): [Please send CC to me if you reply.] done. I hope the next version of console-setup will have some preliminary support for FreeBSD kernel. But I have some questions. \o/ 1. How can I detect in a shell script what kernel is in use (Linux

Re: console-setup for FreeBSD

2011-03-09 Thread Anton Zinoviev
On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 02:36:14PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: 2. Is it dangerous to configure the console while X is running? I'm not sure what could happen. Do you have anything specific in mind? I haven't done recent tests but I think the commands setfont and consolechars could

Re: console-setup for FreeBSD

2011-03-09 Thread Edward Tomasz Napierała
Wiadomość napisana przez Cyril Brulebois w dniu 2011-03-09, o godz. 14:36: [..] Is it possible to detect reliably whether a script executes on the console or in X Window? For Linux I've used a code like this: case `readlink /proc/self/fd/2` in

Re: console-setup for FreeBSD

2011-03-09 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi, Edward Tomasz Napierała tr...@freebsd.org (09/03/2011): Not sure about the Debian userland, but the standard FreeBSD way would be to use tty(1): $ tty /dev/ttyv0 thanks for the hint. A quick check on io.debian.net (through ssh) says: /dev/ttyp1 Using a qemu image, from the

Re: console-setup for FreeBSD

2011-03-09 Thread Mats Erik Andersson
onsdag den 9 mars 2011 klockan 19:13 skrev Cyril Brulebois detta: Hi, Edward Tomasz Napiera??a tr...@freebsd.org (09/03/2011): Not sure about the Debian userland, but the standard FreeBSD way would be to use tty(1): $ tty /dev/ttyv0 thanks for the hint. A quick check on

Re: console-setup for FreeBSD

2011-03-09 Thread Anton Zinoviev
On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 06:31:38PM +0100, Edward Tomasz Napierała wrote: Not sure about the Debian userland, but the standard FreeBSD way would be to use tty(1): $ tty /dev/ttyv0 Ah, thanks. Does it make sence to use tty 2 if the standard input is redirected no longer from tty? Yes,