[2019] in testers
Re: console logins are screwed or something
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (cfields@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Thu Jun 4 20:14:35 1992
From: cfields@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 92 20:14:16 -0400
To: nosaj@Athena.MIT.EDU
Cc: testers@Athena.MIT.EDU
> when I pressed ^p, it gave me the standard non-X "login:" screen, and
> about half the time, nothing I typed showed up, and it would act as if
> I had held down the control key for everything I pressed.
This is a known bug, a few releases old, which noone has ever managed
to track down. Press the control key once after you see the "login:"
prompt.
> The other half the time, it would start to log me in but it would hang
> on the motd, as soon as it got to "The following clusters will be shut
> down... w20-575" (with no line feed after the w20-575.)
This is not a bug, it's a feature. :-)
The Vaxen in console mode have a feature that every so many characters,
they pause for a keypress. Who needs "more?" It wasn't hanging; press
any key to continue.
Craig
