Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:27:44 -0800 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-projects@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r277183 - projects/release-vmimage/release/tools Message-ID: <54B69900.1050707@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201501141523.t0EFNwF1046408@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201501141523.t0EFNwF1046408@svn.freebsd.org>
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Is this a good idea? Do we know why there is a problem with VMs? If it is necessary, shouldn't this be some kind of default in the kernel rather than a hack in the release scripts? -Nathan On 01/14/15 07:23, Glen Barber wrote: > Author: gjb > Date: Wed Jan 14 15:23:58 2015 > New Revision: 277183 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/277183 > > Log: > Enable the textmode console by default for VM images, > since there is no way to tell if the environment will > be able to use the graphics-mode console. > > Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation > > Modified: > projects/release-vmimage/release/tools/vmimage.subr > > Modified: projects/release-vmimage/release/tools/vmimage.subr > ============================================================================== > --- projects/release-vmimage/release/tools/vmimage.subr Wed Jan 14 14:50:31 2015 (r277182) > +++ projects/release-vmimage/release/tools/vmimage.subr Wed Jan 14 15:23:58 2015 (r277183) > @@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ vm_install_base() { > >> ${DESTDIR}/etc/fstab > fi > > + # Set hw.vga.textmode=1, with the assumption that the hypervisor > + # will not be capable of using the graphics console mode. > + echo '# Comment the next line to enable graphical console mode' \ > + >> ${DESTDIR}/boot/loader.conf > + echo 'hw.vga.textmode=1' >> ${DESTDIR}/boot/loader.conf > + > mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/dev > mount -t devfs devfs ${DESTDIR}/dev > chroot ${DESTDIR} /usr/bin/newaliases >
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