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Date:      Mon, 9 Aug 1999 23:02:17 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        jbarbee@singular.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: unconfigured ttyv0, no video card.
Message-ID:  <199908100302.XAA28437@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990809194404.00be8e50@server7.singular.com> from "jbarbee@singular.com" at "Aug 9, 99 07:44:33 pm"

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jbarbee@singular.com wrote,
> Hi,
> 
>   Using FreeBSD 3.2.  When the machine starts up it gives this error during
> rc.i386
> 
> rc.i386 configuring syscons: blank_time/etc/rc.i386: cannot open
> /dev/ttyv0: no such device or address

[snip]

> I'm using a serial console and pulled the video card.  Does the ttyv0
> device depend on the existence of a video card?

Yes. See man syscons(4).
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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