On Sun, Jan 14, 2018, at 12:53 PM, Nils Reuße wrote: > Hi there, > > i got a new board (ASRock J3455-ITX) that's based intels apollo lake > SoC. I've updated the bios to the latest version (1.4) and all things i > need are supported by openbsd out of the box on 6.2-current, except for > the graphic chip, an integrated Intel HD Graphics 500 chip. > > Unfortunately, when i boot the system, the screen goes black very soon > (after the cpu info scrolls by) and then it never fully boots (login via > ssh is not possible), so i cannot see or check what's wrong. > > If i disable inteldrm on boot, the system boots, ssh works and i can use > the system. Trying to start X fails however. > > As i intend to use the system as a headless server, i do not really care > if the card really works, but i'd like to be able to boot the system > without disabling inteldrm every time. > > This is the firmware i've currently installed: > > $ doas fw_update -i > Installed: intel-firmware-20180108 > > The graphics card shows as > > vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 vendor "Intel", unknown product 0x5a85 > rev 0x0b > > Is anyone else here using this board, or is this error due to some > changes in the recent snapshots? Any help is appreciated.
This is not an OBSD specific problem. Intel integrated graphics is crap. They cause problems for a lot of people. Do yourself a favor and disable the integrated graphics and get yourself any cheap graphics card. Preferably AMD based.
