https://man.dragonflybsd.org/?command=syscons=ANY
Heh, I never managed to stumble across that. Thanks!
https://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2021-May/thread.html
I just discovered it by accident looking up something else on the list archive.
On Thu, 20 May 2021 11:54:29 -0700
Chuck Musser wrote:
> That's correct: if the i915 module isn't loaded, then the console works
> normally. I tried loading the driver by hand after booting and the
> console becomes frozen: nothing new is displayed. But, yes, the system
> is still running. I've
That's correct: if the i915 module isn't loaded, then the console works
normally. I tried loading the driver by hand after booting and the
console becomes frozen: nothing new is displayed. But, yes, the system
is still running. I've always been able to SSH when the console is
frozen. The console
So I am I right to think that you can get the console fine but loading
i915 gives a frozen screen? To test this is true, remove automatic
loading of i915 from /etc/rc.conf and see if you get to the login
prompt. Then try manually loading i915 on console, as root do 'kldload
i915'. You can get more
I haven't read the book but since it's FreeBSD it should be mostly
relevant with caveats since DragonFly has diverged somewhat. So on my
rough understanding, the big picture and topics are relevant, but
beware of DragonFly differences here and there, e.g. kernel locking
routines (use lockmgr(9));
