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Date:      Wed, 10 Dec 2014 06:52:05 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>
Cc:        Adam Martin <adamartin@freebsd.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Two local X-servers
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412100650160.57431@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20141210051637.GA99705@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru>
References:  <20141209133649.GA81979@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <CAJTQnqamArkgfKMr75tv%2BgjRx_7t9hHEqLxS2yAAXR==NYZ1BQ@mail.gmail.com> <20141209142333.GA82357@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412090810100.12566@wonkity.com> <20141210051637.GA99705@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru>

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On Wed, 10 Dec 2014, Victor Sudakov wrote:

> Warren Block wrote:
>>> On my box, after an X-server is started, there is no return to the
>>> text console. This is because of the Intel video card or Intel video
>>> driver. Once I start an X-server, there is no text prompt for me.
>>
>> It is there, just not visible.  On 10.1 and probably 9-STABLE, use vt(4)
>> by adding
>>    kern.vty=vt
>> to /boot/loader.conf.
>
> It may well be there, but on my 9.3-STABLE with the following kernel
> config:
>
> include         GENERIC
> ident           VT
> nodevice        sc
> nodevice        vga
> device          vt
> device          vt_vga
>
> I cannot see it no matter what I do.  I did not set kern.vty=vt in
> /boot/loader.conf though, is it also required with this kernel config?

No, setting kern.vty is only needed if both sc(4) and vt(4) are built 
into the kernel.



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