Author: rmh
Status: in BTS

diff -ur sysvinit-2.86.ds1.old/src/init.c sysvinit-2.86.ds1/src/init.c
--- sysvinit-2.86.ds1.old/src/init.c	2004-07-30 14:16:20.000000000 +0200
+++ sysvinit-2.86.ds1/src/init.c	2005-10-21 15:53:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -685,6 +685,14 @@
 		return;
 	}
 
+#ifdef __FreeBSD_kernel__
+	/* The kernel of FreeBSD expects userland to set TERM.  Usualy, we want
+	"cons25".  Later, gettys might disagree on this (i.e. we're not using
+	syscons) but some boot scripts, like /etc/init.d/xserver-xorg, still
+	need a non-dumb terminal. */
+	putenv ("TERM=cons25");
+#endif
+
 	(void) tcgetattr(fd, &tty);
 
 	tty.c_cflag &= CBAUD|CBAUDEX|CSIZE|CSTOPB|PARENB|PARODD;