On Sep 9, 2016 05:06, "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. > > I should have chimed in earlier, I know. But anyway it’s a very minor > change. > > > > > What do you think? > > > > > Borja. > > _______________________________________________ > 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" Hello! I concur, but for the selfish reason that the graphics mode breaks the 11.0 installer for me completely by default. See: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211876 Thanks, Kyle Evans _______________________________________________ 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"
