From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 12 19:08:52 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 042B01AF for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2014 19:08:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-f170.google.com (mail-qc0-f170.google.com [209.85.216.170]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BB101BA0 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2014 19:08:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f170.google.com with SMTP id l6so1262688qcy.29 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:08:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:from:date:message-id:subject :to:content-type; bh=SsAjtWCco3rnrHkoqmuclzvHRA5zouR8UCGeNU2c2p4=; b=SirxOrgEhGNGf6d8I5Di6DZIp3jxE2KVE4RlTbarLxKsEEPqnOBS7T1K7EKHt8Yv9q dowhxRwl+3IENqgAOfDbgyfItKSLQMzZW3ti5s3Z4+J55Oq6c3GTZOYgkV21j0KLIzAq FuVM01rkcJjWE0m/JXQKAsnyOZ9Vf8ukgJnXSZ94LqdM5FmAbQy6miVVruMKcwDUq1ry xgD5e2J3DfDeVeE/DwMVgXv7KRClOipbZQdzpzSXSPdHoieZ0fktXvPY/ImP/64K/kjd LWgA/u9zLu7Pfl3A8THFk7n7jCIDmMtHptna0e1q6dIsoIKT8fh4UlIispQWF/acNHY8 7rZw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnvF3fGvCSLlFlyUqtyf18AZRIDrz2q/CrwyaWOaQkbK7fYGf4CpjvuKwGWKhcVyc9BAFY6 X-Received: by 10.224.88.3 with SMTP id y3mr15090198qal.65.1410548919057; Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:08:39 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: jmmv@meroh.net Received: by 10.96.83.99 with HTTP; Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:08:18 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [2620:0:1003:1007:5d6c:d71e:6b0d:48d3] From: Julio Merino Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:08:18 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: UYTlaCL0AwsoeklsrharNSDnZ5A Message-ID: Subject: Mac Mini G4 displays black screen on install boot To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 19:08:52 -0000 Hi all, I recently installed 10.0-RELEASE (and later upgraded to 10.1-PRERELEASE) on a Mac Mini G4. Both worked just fine: the kernel properly detected the DVI-attached 24" screen and selected the 1920x1200 native resolution. However, I just tried to boot an 11.0-CURRENT snapshot installation image (20140903-r270990) and things are very different. The kernel loaded just fine from the OpenFirmware prompt, but then the screen went completely black and the machine apparently locked up (the keyboard is unresponsive; not even caps lock works). I suspect this is because of the new console code but I have no proof of it. Has anyone successfully used newcons on a Mini G4? Any ideas on how to debug this? Thanks!