Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 11:39:08 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: John Kennedy <warlock@phouka.net> Cc: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>, Current FreeBSD <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: boot loader blank screen Message-ID: <CANCZdfpSx6_a=AtGk6Yx3BKWq6FxdkDW2=juaZLuyOGRzRDjgQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <X/NfeZ8GjMjuRWJV@phouka1.phouka.net> References: <X/NA4Jk/P%2Bih5WSD@phouka1.phouka.net> <83EB3B04-EAE8-4EC3-820B-2F5C3BADE948@me.com> <X/NfeZ8GjMjuRWJV@phouka1.phouka.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 11:35 AM John Kennedy <warlock@phouka.net> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 06:30:38PM +0200, Toomas Soome wrote: > > Yes, it is known defect, and I???m searching for cause; the issue is > with /boot/loader and BIOS text mode (unfortunately I have the usual ???but > it is working for me??? case). For workaround, you can try to either: 1 > (blind) press esc to get out of boot menu, then enter: vbe on; another > option is to add hw.vga.textmode=???0??? to loader.conf. > > > > Sorry for confusion, > > toomas > > Yeah, that is a BIOS (vs UEFI) system. Adding hw.vga.textmode=0 worked, > and I like the graphical demon for what that's worth. (: > > I've also upgraded the bootcode, although that may mean nothing if the > textmode is avoiding the problem. > > In any case, I guess I have a known-bad (?) system, so if I can help you > out in some way let me know. Bonking that box every now and then isn't a > problem for me. > Yea, this is a feature that needs to be fixed since black on black text is a show stopper :( Warner
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?CANCZdfpSx6_a=AtGk6Yx3BKWq6FxdkDW2=juaZLuyOGRzRDjgQ>