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Date:      Wed, 08 Apr 2015 11:18:22 -0400
From:      Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
To:        Devin Teske <dteske@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Devin Teske <dteske@vicor.com>, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@me.com>
Subject:   Re: Nothing can boot anymore - video issues
Message-ID:  <1428506302.5499.10.camel@hardenedbsd.org>
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On Mon, 2015-04-06 at 16:55 -0700, Devin Teske wrote:
>=20
> > On Apr 6, 2015, at 1:35 PM, Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
> > wrote:
> >=20
> > On Mon, 2015-04-06 at 13:59 -0400, Shawn Webb wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2015-04-05 at 12:07 -0700, Rui Paulo wrote:
> > > > On Apr 5, 2015, at 09:11, Shawn Webb
> > > > <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org> wrote:
> > > > >=20
> > > > > So I just updated my laptop and desktop to a recent HEAD. Both
> > > > > machines
> > > > > boot using gptzfsboot. The boot spinner shows, then when it's
> > > > > supposed to
> > > > > transition to the Beastie logo screen, the monitor funks out.
> > > > > Booting never
> > > > > finishes. Below is a link to a picture of my laptop.
> > > > >=20
> > > > > http://imgur.com/l3mLDBX
> > > >=20
> > > > Try reverting the Forth changes.  That's all that comes to mind.
> > > >=20
> > > > --
> > > > Rui Paulo
> > >=20
> > > I'm going through commit-by-commit from April 3rd to March 31st,
> > > which
> > > will take a big chunk of time. It's really weird that no one else
> > > has
> > > reported this since even my VirtualBox VMs have this same issue.
> > >=20
> > > Thanks,
> > >=20
> > > Shawn
> >=20
> > I've figured out the commit that caused the breakage. Looks like the
> > boot Forth changes are pretty bad. The commit that caused the
> > breakage,
> > as far as I can tell is, r280974. Reverting that and the two commits
> > above that revision regarding sys/boot/forth allowed me to boot
> > again.
> >=20
> > Now the boot screen looks like this: http://imgur.com/I9SVHfT
> >=20
> > I can now boot, but as you see, the boot screen's messed up.
> >=20
> >=20
>=20
>=20
> Why the screen looks that way (no brand and no logo):
> You were caught in a small window of broken-ness.
>=20
>=20
> Window was between:
> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=3Drevision&revision=3D280933
> and
> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=3Drevision&revision=3D281002
>=20
>=20
> A window of approximately 2 days.
>=20
>=20
> As for why the screen got wonky =E2=80=A6 well=E2=80=A6 your comp and my
> comp don=E2=80=99t agree on ANSI sequences. I=E2=80=99ve reverted the off=
ending
> changes so that we may once-again agree on ANSI codes. ;D

It now appears that the problem was specific to HardenedBSD: we had a
custom loader_version setting in sys/boot/forth/loader.conf. I'm unsure
which commit caused the breakage, but now having a custom loader_version
will break booting.

Thanks,

Shawn


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