Re: wsconscfg: Cannot open `/dev/ttyEcfg': Device not configured

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On Tue, Dec 09, 2025 at 08:10:35AM +0100, Martin Husemann wrote:

> You also need to turn off the getty instance trying to run on ttyE* in
> /etc/ttys. In the second last column edit the "on" to "off"
> for ttyE0 .. ttyE3.

done!

> When you install NetBSD the installer will turn on wscons and the four
> first getty lines for virtual glass consoles when the installer itselfs
> runs on a framebuffer console.
>
> If you install via serial console, it will default to leaving them off.

That's good to know. It was installed headlessly in a tmux using whatever
defaults present on the installer and/or in tmux. I don't use a vm manager
for reasons like this. The vm is (later) started with a simple sh script which 
calls bhyve (the hypervisor)

> You can find out where the NetBSD kernel things your console is (usually)
> by running something like: fgrep console /var/run/dmesg.boot

Output from that looks like this now:

% fgrep console /var/run/dmesg.boot
com0: console
com0: console
com0: console
com0: console

Thank you for the explanations. The error message has gone and
my OCD soothed :D
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