Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2018 16:41:08 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: hisdescendingnerdliness@rattleit.com Cc: "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Toshiba satellite A75 S226 installer failure Message-ID: <CAN6yY1sV6gTgWD-v9SvuQdF-5=GBP-O9MekSNv6o%2BPO3dJnyqw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2f48dd89-b3a5-19af-b005-d6396d80cbee@rattleit.com> References: <2f48dd89-b3a5-19af-b005-d6396d80cbee@rattleit.com>
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On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 12:46 PM Descending Nerdliness < hisdescendingnerdliness@rattleit.com> wrote: > Does no one read this list any more? > > Greetings: > > I think this could probably be answered in the archives. My apologies, > but I did not see a way to search them. > > I am trying to install 11.2 on this 32bit laptop. When I start it I get > the booting notice and the screen changes. Of course, there is > significant time between on this laptop. I see it access the flash > drive, HD, flash drive, and then nothing. The screen stays dark. > > I feel it is a video problem, because if I press enter, it accesses the > flash drive, and repeats this several times. > > The laptop uses an Intel p4, 3.0 GHz CPU, and an AMD RS300M Mobility > Radeon 9100 video interface. The RS300M appears to be the chipset. > > Does anyone know if this can be made to work? > > Thanks! > > Patrick > Exactly where in the boot process does the display fail? Have you tried to revert from vt(4) to the old sc(4) console system. (Not sure if vt(4) is used when booting distribution media.) If it is and you are installing from distribution media you need to drop into the loader and "set kern.vty=sc ". I REALLY suspect that vt(4) is the source of the issue as, if it is used, will match your symptoms to a "T" if it is failing to talk to the graphics system. It's still a fairly uneducated guess, though -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683
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