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  • Re: Anyone know how to get FreeBSD on a framework 13 laptop?

    From vermaden@vermaden@interia.pl to muc.lists.freebsd.stable on Wed Dec 10 07:37:28 2025
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    One may ask a question ... why 'kern.vty=vt' is not default on FreeBSD 15.x and 16.x right now?
    Thanks,
    vermaden
    Temat: Re: Anyone know how to get FreeBSD on a framework 13 laptop?
    Data: 2025-12-10 7:35
    Nadawca: "Cy Schubert" <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
    Adresat: "Chris" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com>;
    DW: "freebsd-current" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>;

    In message
    <63ebfc5a49b38196ead43b7403f0a12c@bsdforge.com>, Chris writes:
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    OK because I know you're going to ask... :-)

    framework 13 laptop (MSI Crosshair 18 HX AI A2XWGKG-012US)[1],[2]
    CPU: Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 275HX [3]
    GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU with NVIDIA Optimus
    supported [4]
    LAN: Realtec RTL???? 2.5Gb
    WiFi: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211(2*2 ax)

    I'm currently unable to boot any of 13.5,14.n,15.n or 16 on this
    laptop.
    On 13.5 it hangs on sc (syscons(4)?) connect...

    Add this,

    kern.vty=vt

    to your loader.conf.

    If you look at the sc(4) man page you will notice,

    Note that the syscons driver is not compatible with systems booted
    via
    UEFI(8). Forcing use of syscons on such systems will result in no
    usable
    console.

    As to how I got my Framework 13 (with AMD chipset) installed, I cloned FreeBSD, including all data, from my HP 840, also running in UEFI
    mode,
    changing fstab and rc.conf to customize a few things before booting
    the
    Framework laptop. (The HP 840 also uses kern.vty=vt.)

    To boot the Framework from install media, break to the loader prompt
    and
    type in,

    kern.vty=vt

    Then boot. Install FreeBSD. Finally, make sure kern.vty=vt is in the installed image's loader.conf before rebooting the image.

    Hope this helps.


    --
    Cheers,
    Cy Schubert
    FreeBSD UNIX: Web: https://FreeBSD.org
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  • From Ed Maste@emaste@freebsd.org to muc.lists.freebsd.stable on Wed Dec 10 09:59:04 2025
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    On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 at 01:38, vermaden <vermaden@interia.pl> wrote:

    One may ask a question ... why 'kern.vty=vt' is not default on FreeBSD 15.x and 16.x right now?

    It is the default. vt has been the default since 2014 (commit
    018147eef98b default for UEFI systems, and unconditionally since
    commit 2d6f6d63).


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