On Fri, 9 Sep 2016 11:59:45 +0200 Borja Marcos <bor...@sarenet.es> wrote
> Hi > > I apologise for being late on this, but I just noticed. The new vt console > driver has a very important change in behavior, replacing the ancient > “BIOS” text mode with a graphic VGA mode. > > I don’t know how many people relies on BIOS serial redirection for > consoles, but at least HP’s iLO system offers the possibility of accessing > the console through a ssh connection instead of requiring a bloated Java > console, and it’s a very convenient feature. But it only works in pure > “BIOS text mode” (the old sc console driver used this mode as a default). > > I would rather change the default behavior of vt to hw.vga.textmode=1 so that > its behavior mimics the old sc driver. > > I know the current fad is to hide boot messages with panda bears and > beautiful butterflies revolving around them, but boot messages are critical > when diagnosing problems. LOL > > I should have chimed in earlier, I know. But anyway it’s a very minor > change. > > > > > What do you think? +1 It might also be worth mentioning that (most?) NVIDIA card users users will also suffer from this (non text mode). > > > > > Borja. > --Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
