Re: green lines hell

[Dave B <spam%netbsd.dberg.net@localhost>]

On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 11:35:31PM +0300, Andrei M. wrote:
> In all recent major versions of NetBSD/amd64, incl. NetBSD 9.0 error
> notifications from the kernel are forwarded in green colour to the
> first vt. In my case it mostly concerns notifications about hardware
> probing going on or when a connection change happens to the net card
> (I use an ASUS K70ID laptop). It happens every few minutes, looks
> terrible from the aesthetic point of view, when you're typing
> something and then this breaks your line, even within vi, and can even
> be some sort of security threat when it messes up the password prompt.
> 
> It's usually recommended to switch to vt2, vt3 etc. in order to avoid
> seeing these notifications. But this is not possible, when you're
> installing the OS. Installation menus get broken by this green flood
> and then are redrawn below, turning the whole thing into a complete
> mishmash. Here's some screenshots:
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I don't think this was already mentioned--my apologies if it was:

"<ctrl>L" helps a lot when I start seeing pages in the installer
become disarrayed by the kernel's green output (it refreshes the
screen); and I'm not sure this feature is mentioned anywhere in the
installer's text.

I doubt that's the full-fledged solution you're looking for...
however, maybe it'll make a helpful difference until you have an
answer that's closer to the mark.

<ctrl>L is functional in a signifant portion of the installer.  In
fact, a quick "thank you" to the installer's authors for having it
in there.