On Thu, Apr 06, 2017 at 03:32:00PM -0600, Jim Bernard wrote: > 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.
That change alone also suffices on the thinkpad. -- Jim
