u31b3hs@cip-s02.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Michael Haardt) (09/10/90)
Hello world! >In article <3443@rwthinf.UUCP> u31b3hs@cip-s02.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Michael Haardt) writes: >>The opposite is true: Before I had virtual terminals, I couldn't use the >>kill key >>at console and ps doesn't show console processes. Now, everything works > >This was probably an installation problem. Hmm. I didn't change the installation, but it works since I am using the virtual terminals. >>o wtmp/utmp has a problem with the serial lines since I am using virtual >> terminals. >> talk and write doesn't run because of this reason, but this is not >> important for > >I thought these were broken too. They worked better with 1.5.10 binaries than >with 1.3 binaries :-]. Yesterday I fixed the problem. login has a problem with tty numbers longer than one digit. There is a line like '=ttynr +'0'' which causes a corrupt utmp and wtmp file. Use something like sprintf(... "%d",ttynr). >>o In the PH version, you have to use software scroll with a hercules card >> or the al capability does not work correct. > >The scrolling routines make assumptions about hardware wraparound that are >invalid for the hercules card. The problem was noticed in the middle of the >development of the virtual console driver and fixed immediately. That's true, but virtual consoles are not part of the official MINIX. :-( I got a mail asking where I got PC-MINIX 1.5.10. I bought PH 1.3 and used the upgrade kit from plains.nodak.edu. I think that it is the easiest way to get the actual version. Michael Haardt -------------------------------------- ciao -------------------------------------------