Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1i...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >On Wed, 18 May 2011 17:41:32 +0000 >annathemerm...@hush.com wrote: > >> I'm just trying to make it take advantage of the swap >> encryption (random keys unlike a single key I have to remember the >> password for); > >bioctl or vnconfig and /dev/urandom maybe useful here
So you are suggesting I create a boot-time script to do the following every time my computer starts: 1. Create a softraid or svnd encrypted partition with a key from /dev/urandom (without overwriting existing data) 2. Open it. 3. Create a new ffs filesystem on it. 4. Mount the new ffs filesystem, async most likely. Well, it's a horribly convoluted idea, not at all elegant like an mfs or a tmpfs, but if one doesn't mind the long boot time while OpenBSD creates the new ffs filesystem, it ought to work. Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote: >On 2011-05-18, annathemerm...@hush.com <annathemerm...@hush.com> wrote: >>> In -current it has been bumped to 2GB so you'll be able to use >>> more there. >> >> A bit below, but now it works. I'm quite happy with stable. Unless >> current fixes my X11 keyboard issues, I'd rather not deal with >> current unless I have a second hard disk to play with. I suppose if >> I ever temporarily need more space in /tmp I'll just have to set up >> a softlink to /var/tmp or somewhere. >> >> However, is there any way to get mfs to use swap first rather than >> memory first? > >I don't think so. (And afaik mfs doesn't give memory back once >you've used it, at least without umounting). Oh well. Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote: >> If I tell xorg.conf to use kbd >> or akbd, it doens't work at all, but if I tell it to use keyboard, >> sometimes it randomly decides not to notice that I've pressed >> certain keys, and is particularly reluctant to recognize the >> backspace key. Sometimes, it becomes convinced I am holding a key >> down even when I am not: this is particularly annoying when it >> thinks I'm holding the down arrow key. None of these issues occur >> when not running X.org. > >This sounds rather like the behaviour you get when you need to >disable /dev/ttyC0 (see /usr/X11R6/README). It states: "The wsfb driver uses whatever graphics mode the console is set to (by Mac OS) as a dumb unaccelerated framebuffer in 8 bits per pixel. You should be able to use 'startx' or xdm to start X without further configuration. "To use xdm from rc.conf, it is necessary to disable /dev/ttyC0 in /etc/ttys, change the 'status' of /dev/ttyC0 to 'off'." I don't want to use xdm from rc.conf. I want to start it from the console on an as-needed basis. I don't actually like X.org. I find it annoying and bloated, but nonetheless, a necessary evil. Thus, I don't want it to start when my computer starts: I want to call on it when I have need of graphical programs.
