u>From [email protected] Mon Nov 10 11:38:01 2025 >Delivered-To: [email protected] >DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; s=selector1; bh=vSo0MiWJz1 > 6N1vagvHXOQapJoR48Tzyb1HFJ1UFdYDc=; h=list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe: >> I had that issue on an Intel NUC when no monitor is >> connected. Sysupgrade would timeout and not do the upgrade. >> bsd is clever enough to get a console, but not bsd.rd. >> >> Since I had no traces of what exactly happened I gave up and brought >> on of those HDMI terminators that fake a monitor. problem solved. >> >> I no longer use this macchine, but I still have it so I can do some >> tests one back home. >> > >Without attached screen it has bios_efiinfo->fb_addr == 0 that leads to skip >efifb by efifb_match.
And the key point is that the other console choices usually available in the past (meaning vga) are not present either.
