Re: from X to terminal needs an fflush

On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 3:54 PM Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote:

> On 2022-07-27 13:45, Ivan Quitschal wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Jul 2022, Ivan Quitschal wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, 26 Jul 2022, Tomoaki AOKI wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Tue, 26 Jul 2022 10:30:25 -0700
> >>> Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 2022-07-26 10:29, Chris wrote:
> >>>>> On 2022-07-22 08:27, Ivan Quitschal wrote:
> >>>>>> hi all
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Ive been trying to solve a problem which is happening to me but so
> far
> >>>>>> no
> >>>>>> success.
> >>>>>> problem is this:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> sometimes happens, sometimes doesnt, but once im on X and do a
> "F2",
> >>>>>> "F3"
> >>>>>> whatever
> >>>>>> in order to get back to terminal, it *does* get back to terminal
> but
> >>>>>> the
> >>>>>> screen
> >>>>>> still shows like i was on X, therefore i have to do a F* twice in
> order
> >>>>>> to
> >>>>>> see the
> >>>>>> console , like an fflush was missing somewhere.
> >>>>> If I'm following you correctly; you should be performing a
> >>>>> Ctrl+Atl+F<1-8>
> >>>>> to
> >>>> TYPO sorry. That *should* have read: Ctrl+Alt+F<1-8>
> >>>
> >>> ...and Alt+F<1-8> to switch vtys afterwards.
> >>> To get back to X, Alt+F9.
> >>>
> >>> You need Ctrl+ only on X, and does not work with Ctrl+ on vty<1-8>.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Sorry.
> >>>>> accomplish your goal. Does doing it that way fix it for you?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> HTH
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --Chris
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> im using the drm-devel-kmod git for i915kms.ko btw
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> any ideas what could it be?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> thank you guys
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --tzk
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -- Tomoaki AOKI    <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp>
> >>>
> >>
> >> hi
> >>
> >> no gyuys, i know how to go back from X to terminal, what i was saying
> is
> >> that by doing CTRL + ALT + F* it wasnt working until i did *another*
> >> CTRL+ALT+F<something>.
> >>
> >> example:
> >> im getting off from X , so i do an CTRL+ALT+F2
> >>
> >> nothing happens, until you do *another* CTRL+ALT+F3 . so you gotta do a
> >> CTRL+ALT+F* twice in order to get back to terminal
> >>
> >> but i found out the problem lies within enlightenment themes, not
> anything
> >> else .
> >> at least the problem is  solved by changing EE theme, this way i can
> get
> >> back instantly to terminal with just ONE CTRL+ALT+F2
> >>
> >> thanks
> >>
> >> Ivan
> >>
> >
> >
> > btw, there is something i always wanted to ask, why do we have just 9
> > terminals?
> > im really asking , never understood that
> >
> > in my case here , im using all F* keys
> >
> > my /etc/ttys
> >
> > ttyv0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         xterm   onifexists secure
> > # Virtual terminals
> > ttyv1   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         xterm   onifexists secure
> > ttyv2   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         xterm   onifexists secure
> > ttyv3   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         xterm   onifexists secure
> > ttyv4   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         xterm   onifexists secure
> > ttyv5   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         xterm   onifexists secure
> > ttyv6   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         xterm   onifexists secure
> > ttyv7   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         xterm   onifexists secure
> > ttyv8   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         xterm   onifexists secure
> > ttyv9   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         xterm   onifexists secure
> > ttyva   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         xterm   onifexists secure
> > ttyvb   "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon"  xterm   off secure
> >
> >
> > my F-key dedicated to get back to X is F12 , as it should be IMO.
> question
> > is ,
> > why isnt it yet?
> >
> > im sure there is a reason, just curious because honestly i got no idea
> > whatsoever
> ttys(5) is fairly informative and less /etc/ttys has some info. But I
> can't
> remember
> the history on why 9 was the default. The SUN || terminal keyboard
> mapping,
> maybe?
>

The default has 8 terminals (v0 - v7) with xdm running on v8. The great
syscons
rewrite of 1999 set MAXCONS to 16, but it was 16 before the rewrite.
Digging further
we see it was 3 in 1998 when ttys was moved to etc/etc.i386, but later
expanded to 8
in July of 1999 by des with the explanation "Feed the vty monster".

tl;dr: Meh, 8 seems good, since 3 was too few.

Warner