Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:13:30 -0800 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> Cc: Dan Mack <mack@macktronics.com>, Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>, Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com>, Toomas Soome <tsoome@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 3630506b9dae - main - loader: implement framebuffer console Message-ID: <202101061813.106IDU81002691@slippy.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: <202101061756.106HuYq9002766@slippy.cwsent.com> References: <202101022009.102K9PRl075016@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <X/WSFQ8jPbgto4jQ@server.rulingia.com> <51035B54-FF30-41EE-BC4A-3D4E0ABD1B13@me.com> <202101061724.106HOdv0002673@slippy.cwsent.com> <alpine.GSO.2.20.2101061127460.66723@localhost.local> <alpine.GSO.2.20.2101061138230.66723@localhost.local> <202101061756.106HuYq9002766@slippy.cwsent.com>
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In message <202101061756.106HuYq9002766@slippy.cwsent.com>, Cy Schubert writes: > In message <alpine.GSO.2.20.2101061138230.66723@localhost.local>, Dan Mack > writ > es: > > On Wed, 6 Jan 2021, Dan Mack wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 6 Jan 2021, Cy Schubert wrote: > > > > > >> In message <51035B54-FF30-41EE-BC4A-3D4E0ABD1B13@me.com>, Toomas Soome > > >> writes: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>> On 6. Jan 2021, at 12:33, Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> On 2021-Jan-02 20:09:25 +0000, Toomas Soome <tsoome@FreeBSD.org> wrote > : > > >>>>> The branch main has been updated by tsoome: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> URL: > > >>>>> https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3630506b9daec9167a89bc4525638 > > >>> ea45a00769e > > >>>> > > >>>> Note that this commit adds a hard build dependency on vtfontcvt(8) > > >>>> but that tool is depends on the WITH_VT build option. I suspect > > >>>> that stand/fonts should be likewise dependent on WITH_VT > > >>>> > > >>>> -- > > >>>> Peter Jeremy > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Thanks for pointing this out. We actually need to build vtfontcvt > > >>> uncondition > > >>> ally, in addition to font files, we also need it to generate C code for > > > >>> built > > >>> in font (used when there are no /boot/fonts). > > >> > > >> Is this why my consoles are blank during boot? My laptop is blank during > > >> boot until X starts. My three machines downstairs don't run X and remain > > >> blank. There is no way to enable the display. > > >> > > > > > > Sorry my reply got garbled ... My console is an hdmi connected monitor. > > The display works until FreeBSD boots and then it's just blank. Something > > is broke; I am doing full buildworld / buildkernel (GENERIC builds) from > > the tip of main. > > All four machines here exhibit the same problem. Some are VGA connected, othe > rs HDMI. Each has a different video card. The three downstairs are servers, n > o X, using the video cards in text mode. The laptop has an HD3000, uses X, X > works but boot messages, like the three downstairs are black holes. > > I suspect it's some commit from Jan 5 as messages did display then. This morn > ing, nothing. The puzzling thing is that the commits between Jan 5 and now lo > ok innocuous. It's changed to screen.textmode. The font is hard on the eyes. -- 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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