#9740 LOW Not Tri: OFW stdout off crashes or reboots machine

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#9740: OFW stdout off crashes or reboots machine
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           Reporter:  rsmith               |       Owner:  wmb at firmworks.com
               Type:  defect               |      Status:  closed           
           Priority:  low                  |   Milestone:  Not Triaged      
          Component:  ofw - open firmware  |     Version:  not specified    
         Resolution:  wontfix              |    Keywords:                   
        Next_action:  communicate          |    Verified:  0                
Deployment_affected:                       |   Blockedby:                   
           Blocking:                       |  
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Changes (by wmb at firmworks.com):

  * status:  new => closed
  * next_action:  never set => communicate
  * resolution:  => wontfix


Comment:

 Use "text-off" instead of "stdout off".  "text-off" detaches the screen
 output device from the console output multiplexor.

 I will leave it to the reader as an exercise to guess the name of the
 command to reattach the screen output.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9740#comment:1>
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