Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2021 09:51:16 -0800 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> To: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> Cc: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>, 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: <202101061751.106HpGrc002714@slippy.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: <63A29589-22B5-495B-8E0D-14E13091D939@yahoo.com> 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> <63A29589-22B5-495B-8E0D-14E13091D939@yahoo.com>
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In message <63A29589-22B5-495B-8E0D-14E13091D939@yahoo.com>, Mark Millard write s: > > > 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: > >> ... > >>> the 58661b3ba9eb should hopefully fix the loader text mode issue, it woul > d be cool if you can verify:) > >>> > >>> thanks, > >>> toomas > >> > >> 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-r > ewrite-font-install.patch> it would be really nice. > >> > >> thanks, > >> toomas > > > > 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): > > > > . . . > > I've done no experiments with an explicit vbe_max_resolution > setting. My context for hw.vga.textmode="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="0". > > > # hw.vga.textmode="0" textmode=1 doesn't work either. Been using it for years and this is the first time it's borked. > > # vbe_max_resolution=1280x800 > > > > (That is, not specifying anything for hw.vga.textmode or > > vbe_max_resolution.) > > > > 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="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. Didn't work for me. Then again my old eyes didn't detect much difference in contrast. > > > > hw.vga.textmode="1" > > # vbe_max_resolution=1280x800 > > > > 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="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="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. Everything becomes normal when X starts, except for the three machines downstairs which don't use X. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: https://FreeBSD.org NTP: <cy@nwtime.org> Web: https://nwtime.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.
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