On Thu, Apr 06, 2017 at 09:02:25PM +0100, Robert Swindells wrote: > > Jim Bernard wrote: > >Yes, I've been having the same problem, also with -current amd64 kernels. > >It occurs on both a Dell Optiplex 960 with an Intel E8400 cpu and an Nvidia > >GeForce 9300 GE card that nouveau doesn't handle (so I use no drm in the > >kernel) and on a Lenovo T61 laptop with an Intel T9300 cpu and i965GM > >graphics that drmkms doesn't handle (so I use legacy drm in the kernel). > >On both machines, there is text from the boot code, but none from the kernel > >or any userland programs that run during multiuser startup, including getty. > >There is a cursor, and it moves occasionally, but no text is printed. If I > >type blindly, I can log in (still no text printed) and start X, which does > >correctly generate its usual display.
... > The cause looks to be this: > > <http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2017/02/11/msg081926.html> > > Backing out the change restores the console for me. It's sufficient to revert just the last (2nd) alignment change in kern.ldscript to restore console output on the optiplex. I haven't tried the thinkpad yet.
