History log of /freebsd-10.1-release/sbin/conscontrol/
Revision Date Author Comments
272461 03-Oct-2014 gjb

Copy stable/10@r272459 to releng/10.1 as part of
the 10.1-RELEASE process.

Approved by: re (implicit)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation


271095 04-Sep-2014 se

MFC r270647: Add references to vt(4) and the configuration files in /usr/sha
MFC r270653: Update man-pages to correctly refer to changed pathes and namin
MFC r270657: More man pages that need to know about vt in addition to syscon
MFC r270659: (by pluknet@) Missed comma.
MFC r270660: Back-out the references to vt(4) from this man-page. It appears
MFC r270933: Add references to vt(4) to further man-pages.
MFC r270934: Final patches to the tools used to convert syscons keymaps for
MFC r270935: Add vt(4) support to the console initialisation script, specifi

Second batch of MFCs to add support for Unicode keymaps for use with vt(4).

It contains the following changes:

- Add references to vt(4) to relevant man-pages.
- Update comment in defaults/rc.conf to mention vt
- Update rc.d/syscons to warn about syscons keymaps used under vt.
An attempt is made to identify the vt keymap to load instead.
- Minor changes to the conversion tool based on mail comments on keymaps.

Relnotes: yes


256281 10-Oct-2013 gjb

Copy head (r256279) to stable/10 as part of the 10.0-RELEASE cycle.

Approved by: re (implicit)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation


220801 18-Apr-2011 ru

Changed "conscontrol unset" to accept an existing virtual
console device as an argument. Unsetting virtual console
using /dev/console seems to have never worked.

MFC after: 3 days


198236 19-Oct-2009 ru

Switch the default WARNS level for sbin/ to 6.

Submitted by: Ulrich Spörlein


141611 10-Feb-2005 ru

Sync program's usage() with manpage's SYNOPSIS.


130698 18-Jun-2004 green

Note that conscontrol set and unset are an interface for TIOCCONS.


130676 18-Jun-2004 green

Add to conscontrol(8) "set" and "unset" commands which modify the
virtual console set-up. Specifically, "conscontrol unset" will cause
printf(9) output to start going to the console again.


129327 17-May-2004 ru

Assorted markup, grammar, and spelling fixes.


125924 17-Feb-2004 grog

Explain what console names are valid.


125923 17-Feb-2004 grog

Recognize if the user supplies the full pathname to /dev/console and friends,
and DTRT.

Explain if he supplies a pathname that is not in /dev.


99501 06-Jul-2002 charnier

The .Nm utility


87325 04-Dec-2001 obrien

Default to WARNS=2.
Binary builds that cannot handle this must explicitly set WARNS=0.

Reviewed by: mike


85492 25-Oct-2001 ru

Put WARNS into the right place.


85486 25-Oct-2001 jlemon

Style and WARNS cleanups.

Submitted by: ru


85464 25-Oct-2001 jlemon

Mdoc fixes and clarification.

Submitted by: sheldonh


85382 23-Oct-2001 jlemon

Add a manual page.


85378 23-Oct-2001 jlemon

Add conscontrol, a front end interface for manipulating consoles.