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| author | Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> | 2020-02-06 16:52:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> | 2020-02-06 16:52:49 +0000 |
| commit | 718f982e37ed7674a85cc157247b1c9c26738895 (patch) | |
| tree | 445e789313bd51bdab46e1275c441a4fcffb1827 /en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq | |
| parent | e60fd6aa0ba4a20c87bbf9f43ebbd765bf503b4e (diff) | |
| download | doc-718f982e37ed7674a85cc157247b1c9c26738895.tar.gz doc-718f982e37ed7674a85cc157247b1c9c26738895.zip | |
Update FAQ use of "default console driver" to be vt(4), not syscons(4)
PR: 220015
Submitted by: pauamma_gundo.com
Reported by: salternate@gmx.com
Reviewed by: bcr
Approved by: bcr (mentor)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D22699
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=53871
Diffstat (limited to 'en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq')
| -rw-r--r-- | en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml | 26 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml index d877777ae4..5854aa4a17 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml @@ -1592,7 +1592,7 @@ <answer> <para>The default console driver, - &man.syscons.4;, provides the ability to use a mouse + &man.vt.4;, provides the ability to use a mouse pointer in text consoles to cut & paste text. Run the mouse daemon, &man.moused.8;, and turn on the mouse pointer in the virtual console:</para> @@ -3770,23 +3770,11 @@ options SYSVMSG # enable for messaging</programlisting> </question> <answer> - <para>When using &man.syscons.4;, the default console - driver, build and install a new kernel with this line in - the configuration file:</para> + <para>When using &man.vt.4;, the default console + driver, this can be done by setting the following + &man.sysctl.8;:</para> - <programlisting>options SC_DISABLE_REBOOT</programlisting> - - <para>This can also be done by setting the following - &man.sysctl.8; which does not require a reboot or kernel - recompile:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysctl hw.syscons.kbd_reboot=0</userinput></screen> - - <note> - <para>The above two methods are exclusive: The - &man.sysctl.8; does not exist if the kernel is compiled - with <literal>SC_DISABLE_REBOOT</literal>.</para> - </note> + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysctl kern.vt.kbd_reboot=0</userinput></screen> </answer> </qandaentry> @@ -4231,10 +4219,10 @@ options SYSVMSG # enable for messaging</programlisting> </question> <answer> - <para>When using &man.syscons.4;, the default console + <para>When using &man.vt.4;, the default console driver, &os; can be configured to support a mouse pointer on each virtual screen. To avoid conflicting with X, - &man.syscons.4; supports a virtual device called + &man.vt.4; supports a virtual device called <filename>/dev/sysmouse</filename>. All mouse events received from the real mouse device are written to the &man.sysmouse.4; device via &man.moused.8;. To use the |