On Mon, 25 May 2020 at 23:25, Riccardo Mottola <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > my HP laptop with Turion CPU ad Radeon video is resisting efforts of > getting BSD-ized! Unacceptable! > First issue is that the auixp driver hangs the kernel boot - working > on that with Christos and Martin, but no progress. > Disabled that driver, next issue: once the framebuffer of radeon kicks > in I get an all dark screen > Only a bright square cursor shows, moving as the kernel messages > scroll up to the login. > > Better checking (but I can't show it in a screenshot) I notice it is > more like super-dark-grey on black: the text is unreadable, but it is > there. > Blindly typing login and starting X11 gets a working and correctly > display X, so it is the console. > > Any suggestions? It is not a regression bug from 9.0: it is already > bugged. I am just testing current kernel and noticed the issue > continues.
Are there any BIOS options to adjusting the amount of memory available to the display hardware? If so it may be worth trying it on the max/min settings to see if it affects anything David
