Doesn't switch back to text mode

[Chris Hill]

On Mon, 30 Nov 2015, Bertram Scharpf wrote:

[snip]
>
> By default, Grub2 starts in graphical mode. But when my
> FreeBSD once is in graphical mode, it refuses to switch back
> to text mode.
[snip]

> I solved the problem so far by leaving Grub2 in text mode.
> Do I have to swallow this restriction or is there a trick I
> am not aware of?

This bit me too. In my case, the answer was to add:
   kern.vty=vt
...to /boot/loader.conf, and reboot. If the file doesn't exist, create 
it.

See 
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/changes-to-vt-4-newcons-console-in-stable-10.47154/

HTH.

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Chris Hill               chris at monochrome.org
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