[xpost,repost] VGA false positive in dmesg?

[Ottavio Caruso]

On 04/08/2020 12:17, Eugene Grosbein wrote:
> 04.08.2020 17:36, Ottavio Caruso via freebsd-hackers wrote:
> 
>>> You can also try adding to /boot/loader.conf:
>>>
>>> hint.vtvga.0.disabled=1
>>
>> This doesn't seem to work:
>>
>> oc at FreeBSD:~ % cat /boot/loader.conf
>> hint.vtvga.0.disabled=1
>> oc at FreeBSD:~ % dmesg | grep -i vga        VT(vga): text 80x25
>> vtvga0: <VT VGA driver> on motherboard
>> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3b0-0x3bb iomem 0xb0000-0xb7fff pnpid PNP0900 on isa0
>> VT(vga): text 80x25
>> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3b0-0x3bb iomem 0xb0000-0xb7fff pnpid PNP0900 on isa0
> 
> But is this device used? See output of conscontrol(8) and look for ttyv0

oc at FreeBSD:~ % conscontrol list
Configured: ttyu0
  Available: ttyu0,ttyv0
     Muting: off


I'm a bit confused here. Do both ttyu0 and ttyv0 refer to the serial 
console? Do I need ttyv0? Is it safe to comment ttyv0 in /etc/ttys?


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Ottavio Caruso