Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 19:16:10 -0800 From: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> To: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> Cc: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>, John Kennedy <warlock@phouka.net>, chrisb <chrisb@fastmail.net>, Current FreeBSD <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: boot loader blank screen Message-ID: <63A29589-22B5-495B-8E0D-14E13091D939@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <X/UYcsbSkXf44Yzs@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <X/NA4Jk/P%2Bih5WSD@phouka1.phouka.net> <83EB3B04-EAE8-4EC3-820B-2F5C3BADE948@me.com> <66908803-BA6F-4538-9D93-6F85A95108C9@me.com> <831788F9-F97F-4A02-A6F9-AE05219DA2E9@me.com> <X/UYcsbSkXf44Yzs@albert.catwhisker.org>
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On 2021-Jan-5, at 17:54, David Wolfskill <david at catwhisker.org> = wrote: > On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 12:46:08AM +0200, Toomas Soome wrote: >> ...=20 >>> the 58661b3ba9eb should hopefully fix the loader text mode issue, it = would be cool if you can verify:) >>>=20 >>> thanks, >>> toomas >>=20 >> I think, I got it fixed (at least idwer did confirm for his system, = thanks). If you can test this patch: = http://148-52-235-80.sta.estpak.ee/0001-loader-rewrite-font-install.patch = <http://148-52-235-80.sta.estpak.ee/0001-loader-rewrite-font-install.patch= > it would be really nice. >>=20 >> thanks, >> toomas >=20 > I tested with each of the following "stanzas' in /boot/loader.conf, > using vt (vs. syscons) in each case (though that breaks video reset > on resume after suspend): >=20 > . . . I've done no experiments with an explicit vbe_max_resolution setting. My context for hw.vga.textmode=3D"0" shows up as 1920x1200. (I do have the font for this set to 8x16, making for lots of character cells across and down.) For the below I do not have hw.vga.textmode=3D"0". > # hw.vga.textmode=3D"0" > # vbe_max_resolution=3D1280x800 >=20 > (That is, not specifying anything for hw.vga.textmode or > vbe_max_resolution.) >=20 > This boots OK, but I see no kernel probe messages or single- to > multi-user mode messages. I can use (e.g.) Ctl+Alt+F2 to switch to > vty1, see a "login: " prompt, and that (also) works. (This is the > initial symptom I had reported.) So I tried commenting out hw.vga.textmode=3D"1" and I saw everything I expected in my context. Whiteish on black background (or at least something very dark). I did not take videos to do detailed inspections. > hw.vga.textmode=3D"1" > # vbe_max_resolution=3D1280x800 >=20 > This works -- boots OK, and I see kernel probe (&c.) messages; this is = a > text console (mostly blue text; some white, against a dark background. > It's a medium-light blue, so it's easy enough to read (unlike a navy > blue, for example). FYI: whiteish on black (or at least something very dark) in my hw.vga.textmode=3D"1" context. I saw everything here as well. I did not take videos to do detailed inspections. I did not notice any way to tell hw.vga.textmode=3D"1" from having no hw.vga.textmode assignment at all. But, again, I did not set up for an after-the-fact detailed review of what is displayed. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com ( dsl-only.net went away in early 2018-Mar)
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