Re: HEADS UP: Enabling vt(4) by default

On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:01:41 -0800
"Chris H" <bsd-lists_at_bsdforge.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:22:06 +0100 Jean-Sebastien Pedron
> <jean-sebastien.pedron_at_dumbbell.fr> wrote
> 
> > Hello!
> > 
> > As announced a week ago, vt(4) is now the default console driver in
> > 11-CURRENT as of r274085.
> > 
> > You may have to update your console settings in /etc/rc.conf. During
> > boot, /etc/rc.d/syscons will indicate what you need to do.
> > 
> > The original HEADS UP mentioned several known issues. Among them, the
> > following were fixed:
> > 
> >     o  A video mode can be selected using the following tunable in
> >        /boot/loader.conf:
> >            kern.vt.fb.default_mode="1024x768"
> > 
> >        This only works when using a KMS video driver. It's not
> >        supported by the VGA backend. See vt(4) man page for further
> >        documentation.
> > 
> >     o  The keyboard was not working when kbdmux(4) was disabled. This
> >        is fixed.
> > 
> >     o  After loading a KMS driver, the text cursor was in the middle of
> >        the kernel messages. The problem was that the cursor position was
> >        not updated after the change in window size. This is fixed.
> > 
> > Up-to-date information can be found on the wiki page:
> >     https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons
> > 
> > If you want to keep using syscons(4), you can add the following line to
> > /boot/loader.conf:
> >     kern.vty=sc
> > 
> > Thank you to everyone who tested and reported problems! Please continue
> > to do so, especially if you find the need to go back to syscons.
> 
> No. Thank _you_! :)
> 
> I was unable to determine from the wiki. But do all these wonderful
> new features also work with the nVidia blob, under vt(4)?
> I'm currently building a new 11-CURRENT from the 10-26 iso, as I write
> this, and was wondering if the graphics mode at higher resolutions was
> now possible using the nVidia blob.
> 

No, video mode won't work with the nVidia blob.  That requires
a KMS (in-kernel) driver.

-- 
Gary Jennejohn