svn commit: r277183 - projects/release-vmimage/release/tools

[Glen Barber]

Author: gjb
Date: Wed Jan 14 15:23:58 2015
New Revision: 277183
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/277183

Log:
  Enable the textmode console by default for VM images,
  since there is no way to tell if the environment will
  be able to use the graphics-mode console.
  
  Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation

Modified:
  projects/release-vmimage/release/tools/vmimage.subr

Modified: projects/release-vmimage/release/tools/vmimage.subr
==============================================================================
--- projects/release-vmimage/release/tools/vmimage.subr	Wed Jan 14 14:50:31 2015	(r277182)
+++ projects/release-vmimage/release/tools/vmimage.subr	Wed Jan 14 15:23:58 2015	(r277183)
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ vm_install_base() {
 			>> ${DESTDIR}/etc/fstab
 	fi
 
+	# Set hw.vga.textmode=1, with the assumption that the hypervisor
+	# will not be capable of using the graphics console mode. 
+	echo '# Comment the next line to enable graphical console mode' \
+		>> ${DESTDIR}/boot/loader.conf
+	echo 'hw.vga.textmode=1' >> ${DESTDIR}/boot/loader.conf
+
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/dev
 	mount -t devfs devfs ${DESTDIR}/dev
 	chroot ${DESTDIR} /usr/bin/newaliases