IWAMOTO Toshihiro <iwamoto@sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp>  wrote:
 > Currently, the framebuffer cannot be used as a console (due to my
 > laziness), and unchecking 'serial console' causes boot to fail.

ok. that makes sense.

 > The way to use the framebuffer is to put "wscons=YES" in rc.conf and
 > run getty at /dev/ttyE0.

hmm. on boot I just get:

wsconscfg: /dev/ttyEcfg: Device not configured

further investigation is warranted, I think.