Re: Setting TERM in single user mode

[David Brownlee <abs%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Hubert Feyrer wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, David Brownlee wrote:
> >          - Add 'constty' to /etc/ttys with the same value as 'console'
>
> There's already confusion of ttyE0 vs. console in /etc/ttys on some ports.
> I fear adding another entry won't help unless the usage is more clear 
> ("su-console"?).
>
> Else... why not use the TERM variable from console? I'd assume single user 
> mode runs on the console.

        The device that tty reports and tset uses is /dev/constty, which
        is the 'correct' value for the console device.

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