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Date:      Sat, 19 Jul 2014 01:48:29 +0200
From:      Daniel Peyrolon <tuchalia@gmail.com>
To:        Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: VT and kms is broken on a Lenovo Thinkpad E530
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> I guess that I should do:
>     # echo kern.vty=\"vt\" >> /boot/loader.conf

That did the trick. Thanks Ed!


2014-07-19 0:57 GMT+02:00 Daniel Peyrolon <tuchalia@gmail.com>:

> Allright, it seems that the kernel switched back to sysconsole. (kern.vty:
> sc)
>
> The wiki says that I should add this to the loader:
>     To enable Newcons on i386 or amd64, set the loader tunable kern.vty=vt.
>
> I guess that I should do:
>     # echo kern.vty=\"vt\" >> /boot/loader.conf
>
>
>
> 2014-07-18 18:58 GMT+02:00 Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>:
>
> On 18 July 2014 12:36, Daniel Peyrolon <tuchalia@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I basically installed from a FreeBSD VT enabled ISO.
>>
>> Ok, it seems those are not available any longer.
>>
>> To confirm that you're actually using vt, check "sysctl kern.vty".  It
>> will report either sc, vt, or an error.  If you get an error the
>> kernel predates the addition of that entry, so check "sysctl
>> hw.syscons" and "sysctl kern.vt".
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Daniel
>



-- 
Daniel



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