How does everyone get a synced console after a fresh install?

Chris bsd-lists at BSDforge.com
Thu Apr 2 21:16:43 UTC 2020


On Wed, 01 Apr 2020 21:30:38 -0700 bsd-lists at BSDforge.com said

> OK I just installed a fresh copy of 13 from an official
> memstick image. All went as expected. But upon reboot,
> I'm missing about 4 to 5 characters on the left hand
> side of the screen. I know vesa is built into GENERIC.
> But vidcontrol(1) won't help. I've tried both sc(4), and
> vt(4). Is textmode no longer supported?
> 
> Thanks for any, and all insight into solving this.
> 
OK I was able to solve this.
I used the wrong syntax in loader.conf(5)
changing
kern_vty=sc
to
kern.vty=sc
fixed it. I now have a fully working console! :)

Thanks for your time, and sorry for the noise!

--Chris
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