On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 07:18:46PM +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 11:23:20AM -0500, Allan Streib wrote: > > j...@bitminer.ca writes: > > > > > Just for laughs I booted an OpenBSD 4.2 CD, circa 1997 (and five years > > > older than the hardware) and while it recognized few devices it did show > > > all video correctly. The video device vga1 shows as vendor "ATI" > > > unknown product 0x9806 rev 0x00. > > > > That release predates the introduction of the framebuffer console. > > > > I have had a problem since that started, the video mode selected is > > incorrect and I see the boot messages in VGA mode until the framebuffer > > console is activated, then the screen goes blank and pops up a message > > complaining about the video mode. I have to do a blind login and then > > run startx. Never learned how to disable wsdisplay and keep the simple > > 80x24 console. > > > > Allan > > The x130e can boot in either UEFI or legacy mode. > > I have 'UEFI/Legacy Boot' set to 'Both' and 'UEFI/Legacy Boot Priority' > set to 'Legacy First'. > > Maybe this issue only happens with UEFI? Most likely.
I have no such board around to test but this sounds similar to what I experienced with a ThinkPad X121e: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=150457245320842&w=2 Try setting different video and/or GOP modes as described in to see whether this is just another cripled UEFI setup. https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=150557217729175&w=2
