From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Wed Jan 6 01:55:11 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 B5D8A4D9977 for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2021 01:55:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from mx.catwhisker.org (mx.catwhisker.org [107.204.234.170]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4D9XW23BGPz4VJF for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2021 01:55:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from albert.catwhisker.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by albert.catwhisker.org (8.16.1/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 1061sx5T035286; Wed, 6 Jan 2021 01:54:59 GMT (envelope-from david@albert.catwhisker.org) Received: (from david@localhost) by albert.catwhisker.org (8.16.1/8.16.1/Submit) id 1061swhm035285; Tue, 5 Jan 2021 17:54:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from david) Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 17:54:58 -0800 From: David Wolfskill To: Toomas Soome Cc: John Kennedy , Mark Millard , chrisb , Current FreeBSD Subject: Re: boot loader blank screen Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: David Wolfskill , Toomas Soome , John Kennedy , Mark Millard , chrisb , Current FreeBSD References: <83EB3B04-EAE8-4EC3-820B-2F5C3BADE948@me.com> <66908803-BA6F-4538-9D93-6F85A95108C9@me.com> <831788F9-F97F-4A02-A6F9-AE05219DA2E9@me.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qAW7938YeduHrztC" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <831788F9-F97F-4A02-A6F9-AE05219DA2E9@me.com> X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4D9XW23BGPz4VJF X-Spamd-Bar: ----- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-5.40 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[david]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[107.204.234.170:from]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:107.204.234.170]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.20)[multipart/signed,text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[catwhisker.org]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; RCPT_COUNT_FIVE(0.00)[5]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[107.204.234.170:from:127.0.2.255]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; SIGNED_PGP(-2.00)[]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[me.com]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7018, ipnet:107.192.0.0/12, country:US]; FREEMAIL_CC(0.00)[phouka.net,yahoo.com,fastmail.net,freebsd.org]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-current]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] 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: Wed, 06 Jan 2021 01:55:11 -0000 --qAW7938YeduHrztC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 12:46:08AM +0200, Toomas Soome wrote: > ...=20 > > the 58661b3ba9eb should hopefully fix the loader text mode issue, it wo= uld be cool if you can verify:) > >=20 > > thanks, > > toomas >=20 > I think, I got it fixed (at least idwer did confirm for his system, thank= s). If you can test this patch: http://148-52-235-80.sta.estpak.ee/0001-loa= der-rewrite-font-install.patch it would be really nice. >=20 > thanks, > toomas I tested with each of the following "stanzas' in /boot/loader.conf, using vt (vs. syscons) in each case (though that breaks video reset on resume after suspend): # hw.vga.textmode=3D"0" vbe_max_resolution=3D1280x800 This works, and provides a graphical console (depth 32). hw.vga.textmode=3D"0" # vbe_max_resolution=3D1280x800 This also works, and provides a low-resolution (and depth 16) graphical console (800x320 or something similar, IIRC). # hw.vga.textmode=3D"0" # vbe_max_resolution=3D1280x800 (That is, not specifying anything for hw.vga.textmode or vbe_max_resolution.) This boots OK, but I see no kernel probe messages or single- to multi-user mode messages. I can use (e.g.) Ctl+Alt+F2 to switch to vty1, see a "login: " prompt, and that (also) works. (This is the initial symptom I had reported.) hw.vga.textmode=3D"1" # vbe_max_resolution=3D1280x800 This works -- boots OK, and I see kernel probe (&c.) messages; this is a text console (mostly blue text; some white, against a dark background. It's a medium-light blue, so it's easy enough to read (unlike a navy blue, for example). FreeBSD g1-55.catwhisker.org 13.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT #113 main-c2= 55601-g9fd96b416c45-dirty: Tue Jan 5 17:24:45 PST 2021 root@g1-55.catw= hisker.org:/common/S4/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/sys/CANARY amd64 Peace, david --=20 David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Defense against criminal charges for Trump's call to "find 11,780 votes": he's delusional. That must be why he should be making life-or-death decisi= ons. 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