From ab7c3d12db7f490a23c1b94d80696d2aefb4ed12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:23:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 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
---
 release/tools/vmimage.subr | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/release/tools/vmimage.subr b/release/tools/vmimage.subr
index 2fd70fffea5c..52530e8397f2 100644
--- a/release/tools/vmimage.subr
+++ b/release/tools/vmimage.subr
@@ -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