For those that have been experiencing the garbage character screen after
exiting from X, I have found a solution that works on my system.

To get rid of the garbage screen simply edit /etc/rc.conf and change the
default value for wscons from NO to YES. Then restart your system. That's
it. There are no changes necessary for /etc/ttys, /etc/wscons.conf,
/etc/rc.wscons, or even the kernel. 

With this simple change in place I no longer get the garbage screen. If
anyone reading this is familar with the wscons code, it may be interesting
for you to look at what happens when /etc/rc.wscons is executed and to
figure out how this avoids the garbage screen.

Even if your /etc/ttys is setup to use /dev/console and pc3 you should
set wscons to YES as without it you will most likely continue to receive
the garbage screen.


Regards,

Brian

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