Re: VC switching during install
On Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 03:12:49PM -0800, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
>
> The other day I used the 2.2.4 rescue/base disks to install a
> masquerading proxy DSL gateway. At one point during the
> installation, I switched virtual consoles to look at the log
> messages.
>
> The install program updated its screen, and wrote to the console I
> had switched to, rather than to vc1 where it was running. That is,
> the screen turned blue with a dialog up.
>
> I'm sorry, but I cannot recall just exactly what phase of the
> installation I was at, and did not jot it down then.
>
> When I typed, I saw nothing; I switched back to vc1 and the screen
> wasn't right, the things I'd typed had been written there, and
> pushing C-l didn't redraw.
Seconded. I suspect this has to do with dbootstrap being started from
init. It continued to read input on the first VT, but would write to
whatever happened to be frontmost.
Dan
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