Got it! CSM setting must be enable in BIOS setup to correctly boot on fb console. Now I have wsfb running.
Thanks for the kind help! 2017-04-16 17:34 GMT+02:00 Daniel Gracia <[email protected]>: > I tried the solution. OpenBSD gets to boot, and I can see the resolution > change to fb console for an instant, then the panel goes black. Too quick > to be able to see anything; I'll try recording the screen with my > smartphone xD > > This laptop doesn't have HDD lights, so I'm not sure if the computer is > totally stalled or is just a messed display. > > Will keep trying! > > > 2017-04-16 16:26 GMT+02:00 Daniel Gracia <[email protected]>: > >> Thanks for the tip; I was installing a Win side-to-side and using legacy >> BIOS mode. >> >> Cheers! >> >> 2017-04-16 1:21 GMT+02:00 Gregor Best <[email protected]>: >> >>> Hi Daniel, >>> >>> I have a laptop with a similar chipset. The issue is that the >>> inteldrm(4) driver does not support Skylake devices at the moment. >>> >>> If you boot the machine EFI mode, efifb(4) should attach to the EFI >>> frame buffer. This in turn allows you to use Xorg's wsfb driver with an >>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf which looks like this: >>> >>> Section "Device" >>> Identifier "default device" >>> Driver "wsfb" >>> EndSection >>> >>> Apart from missing suspend/resume and 3D-acceleration, such a setup >>> seems to work nicely for me. Chrome/Firefox need to be taught not to use >>> graphics acceleration, and for mpv you need to use the commandline >>> parameter `-vo x11` to tell it to use oldschool X11 rendering. >>> Brightness control can be done with >>> >>> https://github.com/jcs/intel_backlight_fbsd >>> >>> if you set `machdep.allowaperture` to 3. Don't mind the `fbsd` in the >>> name, it works on OpenBSD as well. >>> >>> -- >>> Gregor
