From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Tue Jan 5 22:46:15 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C25994D0323 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 2021 22:46:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tsoome@me.com) Received: from pv50p00im-tydg10021701.me.com (pv50p00im-tydg10021701.me.com [17.58.6.54]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4D9SK23SZhz3l9J for ; Tue, 5 Jan 2021 22:46:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tsoome@me.com) Received: from nazgul.lan (148-52-235-80.sta.estpak.ee [80.235.52.148]) by pv50p00im-tydg10021701.me.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 57A7184033D; Tue, 5 Jan 2021 22:46:11 +0000 (UTC) From: Toomas Soome Message-Id: <831788F9-F97F-4A02-A6F9-AE05219DA2E9@me.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 14.0 \(3654.40.0.2.32\)) Subject: Re: boot loader blank screen Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 00:46:08 +0200 In-Reply-To: <66908803-BA6F-4538-9D93-6F85A95108C9@me.com> Cc: Current FreeBSD To: John Kennedy , Mark Millard , chrisb , David Wolfskill References: <83EB3B04-EAE8-4EC3-820B-2F5C3BADE948@me.com> <66908803-BA6F-4538-9D93-6F85A95108C9@me.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3654.40.0.2.32) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:6.0.343, 18.0.737 definitions=2021-01-05_09:2021-01-05, 2021-01-05 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-2006250000 definitions=main-2101050130 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4D9SK23SZhz3l9J X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.50 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[me.com]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:17.58.0.0/16]; RCPT_COUNT_FIVE(0.00)[5]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[me.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[me.com,quarantine]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[phouka.net,yahoo.com,fastmail.net,catwhisker.org]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[17.58.6.54:from]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[me.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:714, ipnet:17.58.0.0/20, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[80.235.52.148:received]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[me.com:s=1a1hai]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[tsoome]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[me.com:dkim]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[17.58.6.54:from:127.0.2.255]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-current] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.34 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2021 22:46:16 -0000 > On 5. Jan 2021, at 00:59, Toomas Soome wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 >> On 4. Jan 2021, at 18:30, Toomas Soome > wrote: >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>> On 4. Jan 2021, at 18:22, John Kennedy > wrote: >>>=20 >>> This is a little weird. >>>=20 >>> Somewhere between 13.0-g2ff66a915526 (Dec 30th) and -gd03fd8ede2c4 = (Dec 29th), >>> I've lost the screen in the boot loader. This is really weird = because I >>> didn't update the boot loader (in quite a while, actually), but I = suppose it >>> might drag some stuff off of the disk and misbehave. >>>=20 >>> But the system boots, presumably after the countdown that I can't = see, I just >>> have to SSH in from a different machine to tweak things. Just no = screen at >>> all past the GELI encrypted disk password prompt (and some usual = noise as >>> it complains about some padding that I've seen forever). >>>=20 >>> I used to just upgrade the boot loader around ZFS upgrades, and I = haven't >>> done that since OpenZFS got merged. I just got overly conservative = there >>> and may have missed the "all clear" for all combinations of ZFS and = the >>> bootloader recognizing them. >>>=20 >>> The git logs in /usr/src aren't time-sequential, so maybe I = shouldn't trust >>> those dates above (I pulled it ~Jan 3rd and let it compile = overnight), but >>> I'm going to repull all the sources and recompile, just in case. I = might >>> have initiall pulled it during the git conversion and maybe it is = confused. >>>=20 >>=20 >> hi! >>=20 >> Yes, it is known defect, and I=E2=80=99m searching for cause; the = issue is with /boot/loader and BIOS text mode (unfortunately I have the = usual =E2=80=98but it is working for me=E2=80=99 case). For workaround, = you can try to either: 1 (blind) press esc to get out of boot menu, then = enter: vbe on; another option is to add hw.vga.textmode=3D=E2=80=9C0=E2=80= =9D to loader.conf. >>=20 >> Sorry for confusion, >> toomas >>=20 >=20 > the 58661b3ba9eb should hopefully fix the loader text mode issue, it = would be cool if you can verify:) >=20 > thanks, > toomas I think, I got it fixed (at least idwer did confirm for his system, = thanks). If you can test this patch: = http://148-52-235-80.sta.estpak.ee/0001-loader-rewrite-font-install.patch = it would be really nice. thanks, toomas