git: 3630506b9dae - main - loader: implement framebuffer console

[Cy Schubert]

In message <51035B54-FF30-41EE-BC4A-3D4E0ABD1B13 at me.com>, Toomas Soome 
writes:
> 
>
> > On 6. Jan 2021, at 12:33, Peter Jeremy <peter at rulingia.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On 2021-Jan-02 20:09:25 +0000, Toomas Soome <tsoome at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> >> The branch main has been updated by tsoome:
> >> 
> >> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3630506b9daec9167a89bc4525638
> ea45a00769e
> > 
> > Note that this commit adds a hard build dependency on vtfontcvt(8)
> > but that tool is depends on the WITH_VT build option.  I suspect
> > that stand/fonts should be likewise dependent on WITH_VT
> > 
> > -- 
> > Peter Jeremy
>
>
> Thanks for pointing this out. We actually need to build vtfontcvt uncondition
> ally, in addition to font files, we also need it to generate C code for built
>  in font (used when there are no /boot/fonts).

Is this why my consoles are blank during boot? My laptop is blank during 
boot until X starts. My three machines downstairs don't run X and remain 
blank. There is no way to enable the display.


-- 
Cheers,
Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert at cschubert.com>
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