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

[Trond Endrestøl]

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.

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