[kbd] [PATCH] vcstime: Use either /dev/vcs[a] or /dev/vcs[a]0

[kbd] [PATCH] vcstime: Use either /dev/vcs[a] or /dev/vcs[a]0

[Michael Schutte]

Make vcstime work on all systems by considering both /dev/vcs and
/dev/vcs0 to hold the console memory for the current VT.

Signed-off-by: Michael Schutte <michi@uiae.at>

---
 contrib/vcstime.c |   12 +++++++-----
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/vcstime.c b/contrib/vcstime.c
index 0e657c0..1ee8edd 100644
--- a/contrib/vcstime.c
+++ b/contrib/vcstime.c
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ number_of_columns() {
     int fda;
     unsigned char rc[2];	/* unsigned: Ranty@soon.com */
 
-    if((fda = open("/dev/vcsa0", O_RDONLY)) < 0)
-	fatal("/dev/vcsa0");
+    if((fda = open("/dev/vcsa", O_RDONLY)) < 0
+	    && (fda = open("/dev/vcsa0", O_RDONLY)) < 0)
+	fatal("/dev/vcsa");
     if(read(fda, rc, 2) != 2)
-	fatal("/dev/vcsa0");
+	fatal("/dev/vcsa");
     close(fda);
     return rc[1];
 }
@@ -36,8 +37,9 @@ main(){
     struct tm *t;
     char tijd[10];
 
-    if((fd = open("/dev/vcs0", O_WRONLY)) < 0)
-	fatal("/dev/vcs0");
+    if((fd = open("/dev/vcs", O_WRONLY)) < 0
+	    && (fd = open("/dev/vcs0", O_WRONLY)) < 0)
+	fatal("/dev/vcs");
 
     while(1) {
 	lseek(fd, cols-10, 0);
-- 
tg: (dab334b..) fixes/vcstime (depends on: upstream/master)

Re: [kbd] [PATCH] vcstime: Use either /dev/vcs[a] or /dev/vcs[a]0

[Alexey Gladkov]

On 02.01.2010 19:34, Michael Schutte wrote:
> Make vcstime work on all systems by considering both /dev/vcs and
> /dev/vcs0 to hold the console memory for the current VT.

Applied, thanks!

-- 
Rgrds, legion