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> did something funny happen to the console while i was in
> asia all week?  i just did a build, and
>   o attempts to use console vtys just get beeps
>   o X won't start and whines
>     "xf86OpenSyscons: VT_GETMODE failed"

for the archive:

problem seems to have been caused by 

  device         vt

so i disabled it.

randy