2003-03-24 22:42:55

by Louis E Garcia II

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Subject: CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in 2.5.6x ?

I can't find CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE anywhere in menuconfig. I am having
problems not viewing the bootup messages on my monitor. I do have
console=tty0 in grub.conf.

--Thanks


2003-03-24 22:54:13

by Randy.Dunlap

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Subject: Re: CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in 2.5.6x ?

> I can't find CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE anywhere in menuconfig. I am having problems
> not viewing the bootup messages on my monitor. I do have
> console=tty0 in grub.conf.

It's the second line of the Character Devices menu:

│ │[*] Virtual terminal
&#9474; &#9474;[*] Support for console on virtual terminal <<<<<

~Randy



2003-03-24 23:13:58

by Louis E Garcia II

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Subject: Re: CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in 2.5.6x ?

Well I can't find it there. I have a 2.5.65 tree and under character
devices I have

[ ] Non-standard serial port support
Serial drivers --->
[ ] Unix98 PTY support
(2048) Maximum number of Unix98 PTYs in use (0-2048)
[ ] Parallel Printer support


I see nothing for Virtual terminal in this sub-menu. Does this depend on
another option?

--Lou


On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 18:05, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> > I can't find CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE anywhere in menuconfig. I am having problems
> > not viewing the bootup messages on my monitor. I do have
> > console=tty0 in grub.conf.
>
> It's the second line of the Character Devices menu:
>
> &#9474; &#9474;[*] Virtual terminal
> &#9474; &#9474;[*] Support for console on virtual terminal <<<<<
>
> ~Randy
>
>
>

2003-03-24 23:15:12

by Steven Cole

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Subject: Re: CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in 2.5.6x ?

On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 16:05, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> > I can't find CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE anywhere in menuconfig. I am having problems
> > not viewing the bootup messages on my monitor. I do have
> > console=tty0 in grub.conf.
>
> It's the second line of the Character Devices menu:
>
> &#9474; &#9474;[*] Virtual terminal
> &#9474; &#9474;[*] Support for console on virtual terminal <<<<<
>
> ~Randy

If you can't get Randy to answer your question, here's another way to
find this out:
[steven@spc5 testing-2.5]$ find . -name Kconfig | xargs grep VT_CONSOLE
./arch/m68k/Kconfig:config VT_CONSOLE
./arch/mips/Kconfig:config VT_CONSOLE
./arch/mips/Kconfig:config VT_CONSOLE
./arch/sh/Kconfig:config VT_CONSOLE
./arch/sparc/Kconfig:config VT_CONSOLE
./arch/sparc64/Kconfig:config VT_CONSOLE
./drivers/char/Kconfig:config VT_CONSOLE
[steven@spc5 testing-2.5]$ uptime && uname -r
4:05pm up 23 min, 2 users, load average: 103.78, 102.87, 58.59
2.5.66

Steven





2003-03-24 23:20:55

by Russell King

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Subject: Re: CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in 2.5.6x ?

On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 06:25:10PM -0500, Louis Garcia wrote:
> Well I can't find it there. I have a 2.5.65 tree and under character
> devices I have

you need:

CONFIG_INPUT=y

to allow the option you're looking for to show up.

--
Russell King ([email protected]) The developer of ARM Linux
http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html

2003-03-24 23:35:06

by Steven Cole

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Subject: Re: CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in 2.5.6x ?

On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 16:31, Russell King wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 06:25:10PM -0500, Louis Garcia wrote:
> > Well I can't find it there. I have a 2.5.65 tree and under character
> > devices I have
>
> you need:
>
> CONFIG_INPUT=y
>
> to allow the option you're looking for to show up.

And next time he can figure this out himself looking at
drivers/char/Kconfig:

#
# Character device configuration
#

menu "Character devices"

config VT
bool "Virtual terminal"
requires INPUT=y

and just after that:

config VT_CONSOLE
bool "Support for console on virtual terminal"
depends on VT


Steven




2003-03-24 23:57:49

by Felipe Alfaro Solana

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Subject: Re: CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in 2.5.6x ?

On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 00:25, Louis Garcia wrote:
> Well I can't find it there. I have a 2.5.65 tree and under character
> devices I have
>
> [ ] Non-standard serial port support
> Serial drivers --->
> [ ] Unix98 PTY support
> (2048) Maximum number of Unix98 PTYs in use (0-2048)
> [ ] Parallel Printer support
>
>
> I see nothing for Virtual terminal in this sub-menu. Does this depend on
> another option?

Yes... Make sure "Input device support" is selected (Y), and also, check
that you've enabled support for the proper keyboard (if you plan to use
the console for entering commands).

________________________________________________________________________
Felipe Alfaro Solana
Linux Registered User #287198
http://counter.li.org

2003-03-25 01:56:03

by James Simmons

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Subject: Re: CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in 2.5.6x ?


Do you have Input devices enabled?


> I can't find CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE anywhere in menuconfig. I am having
> problems not viewing the bootup messages on my monitor. I do have
> console=tty0 in grub.conf.
>
> --Thanks
>
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