From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 3 20:26:08 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA66587F; Thu, 3 Apr 2014 20:26:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0.glenbarber.us (mail0.glenbarber.us [IPv6:2607:fc50:1:2300:1001:1001:1001:face]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.glenbarber.us", Issuer "RapidSSL CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BBC4FB2F; Thu, 3 Apr 2014 20:26:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from glenbarber.us (c-71-224-221-174.hsd1.nj.comcast.net [71.224.221.174]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: gjb) by mail0.glenbarber.us (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5B02EB164; Thu, 3 Apr 2014 20:26:07 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.8.3 mail0.glenbarber.us 5B02EB164 Authentication-Results: mail0.glenbarber.us; dkim=none reason="no signature"; dkim-adsp=none Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 16:26:05 -0400 From: Glen Barber To: Eric Roseman Subject: Re: newcons wiki page Message-ID: <20140403202605.GI14379@glenbarber.us> References: <201404032017.s33KHEUC010917@refuge.colorado.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="GFRhMCFsFD5VPY3r" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201404032017.s33KHEUC010917@refuge.colorado.edu> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT amd64 X-SCUD-Definition: Sudden Completely Unexpected Dataloss X-SULE-Definition: Sudden Unexpected Learning Event User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 20:26:09 -0000 --GFRhMCFsFD5VPY3r Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 08:17:14PM +0000, Eric Roseman wrote: > The newcons wiki page (https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons) Testing > section says: >=20 > To enable Newcons on i386 or amd64, remove the vga and sc drivers, and ad= d vt and vt_vga. > #device vga # VGA video card driver =20 > #device sc =20 > device vt = =20 > device vt_vga >=20 > This does not explain which file to edit. I'm guessing this is a well > known or common file, but I'm not sure where these modifications should > be made. >=20 Thanks, I'll update it. It is the GENERIC configuration file. But, if you don't want to edit that file, you can specify KERNCONF=3DVT on head/ or the stable/ branches (not the releng/ branches) - it has all the bits for the vt driver. Glen --GFRhMCFsFD5VPY3r Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (FreeBSD) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJTPcPdAAoJELls3eqvi17QIEcQANHrQGZOAaXgWXXRSWLnqFBt oBmh/yqzCbnCdUhkzvvyGm/cjC6u3UwMvUCy0efyUeMwnP/gjgdZTpLWB3rMe+7J EzIOGUGiHTOJmn2YTr0h5JnVCCIZVPlv47ebKNfXY9TxACN+e5bIPZWBZblNUP0j tm5UJLhVElJe5evqpY619e9Be+HxitiBVAbEkS5yr/mMHx/NwbwpN5Jrq8JLnGxo 43diQoBjB2AdGFFdw4H/JB8GryF5OZrzjbf/K5lUjm0+HdmDvRkSthL2YmRgfNws VHKqNnCNsa1VEToPJLh7CoobRRy6FQ11SCA2b77BZr53/1mAcZBtDe5pCcnWwFNz u6+zObxpP4foq371sz5XdeM/RizmQ6P22YD4oSpVeoGYE9mVCPSvTM0IM2FxuWF5 JUpD51Psn59cVTGTxWuc4NCK7UbGIRJ51VDvOETFg2yKvt0c+J70uqhxApLZE5+d Q7wZi/T5pmC/Y7odXzr5b1J6KLRL/0pzo1tcU09tS6qfDF+vZ+B92LlN/BU1g9si CCzQUPay1vAxTHKP3spwjOPzpCL0iwiOWT5j9RBM3lOjgT0FaKQi6jqixTKcz1TB 6rqDvvSOV6Z9E3MpEDVDzNRM2zYfVcQemL58wm66BQGypcuI+PWBi57iaxHPbq58 vzB+tNZr6/xrQwznEP2j =uxTu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GFRhMCFsFD5VPY3r--