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Date:      Fri, 3 Apr 2020 14:01:47 -0400
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
To:        bsd-lists@bsdforge.com
Cc:        freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Is sc(4) no longer supported in GENERIC?
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On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 at 04:25, Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 19:31:53 -0400 Ed Maste emaste@freebsd.org said
>
> > On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 at 17:13, Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Ahem... I used the wrong syntax.
> > > changing the entry to
> > >
> > > kern.vty=sc
> > >
> > > solved it! :)
> >
> > I'm glad it's working for you, but note that sc(4) is deprecated and
> > has no ongoing effort behind it, so it would be best if we can
> > identify and resolve the issue you encountered.
> >
> > The first thing you can try is vt(4) in text mode, by setting
> > hw.vga.textmode=1
> Attempting your suggestion returned:
>
> sysctl: unknown oid 'hw.vga.textmode'

Sorry for being unclear - it's a loader tunable, so you need to set it
from the loader prompt or in /boot/loader.conf.



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