Comments on: When Visor Gets Too Big

By: Honza

Honza — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:16:58 +0000

I did the hack described at http://log-everything.blogspot.com/2006/06/visor-dirrrrty-hack.html and it works, sorta. At least it feels like a background terminal.

By: Clair

Clair — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:30:21 +0000

Not much to logging in as >console. I get an error from getty about not being able to do anything with /dev/console because the device doesn’t support it? I’ll have to try again and write the error down.

By: Grant (divigation)

Grant (divigation) — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:45:41 +0000

There is no console access once Aqua launches, you have to use an application to access it, whether it be Terminal or something else. You can access the console directly by logging in as >console at the login screen, but there is no way to switch without an application.

By: Honza

Honza — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:50:52 +0000

I didn’t know about visor until today. Cool I thought, linux-like switching to the command prompt. What I didn’t realise, is that you still have to start Terminal in order to use visor - so what’s the point?

I want real console(s), like in Linux. Anyone know how?

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:05:32 +0000

I actually uninstalled visor at one point due to this exact problem. Eventually I reinstalled it, and fixed the issue using a tip from the visor docs page (http://docs.blacktree.com/visor/visor):

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Changing window options

The terminal window inspector works, but only if it is opened for the first time when visor is frontmost.

1. Switch to Terminal.app
2. Bring up Visor’s window
3. Choose “Window Settings” from the Terminal menu
4. Settings are saved when Visor hides.
5. If you get “No Terminal Selected”, you need to relaunch terminal and for it to work.

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Note that this does not work unless the instructions are followed exactly.