Re: pinebook pro video console not active

From: Jesper Schmitz Mouridsen <jsm_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 11:35:26 UTC
Hi

On 26.01.2022 11.54, Emmanuel Vadot wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:44:33 +0100
> Jesper Schmitz Mouridsen <jsm@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> On Pinebook Pro 14-current with console="efi,comconsole" in
>> /boot/loader.conf
>> vidcontrol -i active < /dev/console is not working because serial stays
>> primary. Reverting 123b5b8763778e83b6816ad9db62a9b956055c32 fixes that
>> for me. Can someone share some light on why that is?
>   You also need boot_multicons=YES in loader.conf for this to work (at
> least on amd64).
>   Maybe imp@ knows more about this behavior.
>
Yes I have that set as well, my loader.conf is

hw.regulator.disable_unused="0"
boot_multicons="YES"
console="efi,comconsole"
beastie_disable="NO"
loader_color="YES"
ums_load=YES

>> console kit relies on /dev/console beeing active so it is an annoying
>> bug..
>> the original review is here https://reviews.freebsd.org/D32992
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> /jsm
>>
>