CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in 2.5.6x ?

CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in 2.5.6x ?

[Louis Garcia]

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

Re: CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in 2.5.6x ?

[Randy.Dunlap]

> 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

Re: CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in 2.5.6x ?

[Steven Cole]

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:
> 
>   │ │[*] 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



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Re: CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in 2.5.6x ?

[Louis Garcia]

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

Re: CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in 2.5.6x ?

[Russell King]

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 (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html

Re: CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in 2.5.6x ?

[Steven Cole]

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

Re: CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in 2.5.6x ?

[Felipe Alfaro Solana]

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

Re: CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in 2.5.6x ?

[James Simmons]

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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