Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 15:01:30 -0800 From: John Kennedy <warlock@phouka.net> To: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> Cc: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>, Current FreeBSD <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: boot loader blank screen Message-ID: <X/ZBSnqLmHcJ5Ry3@phouka1.phouka.net> In-Reply-To: <78779957-4960-4DF8-8595-F3937BACC398@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> <202101061751.106HpGrc002714@slippy.cwsent.com> <932D333B-8478-4C79-976C-9394D0E93995@yahoo.com> <78779957-4960-4DF8-8595-F3937BACC398@yahoo.com>
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On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 02:40:32PM -0800, Mark Millard wrote: > ... screen.textmode="0" works, including with screen.font="8x16" . There > is a difference, in that it displays some material at the very beginning > that it was not displaying since the recent problems started (until now > or so). This initial material displays in screen.textmode="1" style before > the display switches to the screen.textmode="0" style of display for alter > output. (I'm not complaining, just noting the visible sequence.) For my system, that change seems to be with the nvidia video driver gets loaded. Basically it looks like a screen clear and potential font change depending on your setup. Seems logical since something is probably getting (re)initialized at that point.help
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