Hi everyone, To close this out, when I do a "gop get" with the new BIOS does return nonzero values so it was most assuredly my antediluvian BIOS.
Thanks! Thanks, Bryan On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 2:34 PM, karu.pruun <karu.pr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good to hear it worked out! > > Just for the record and so we know the next time: at the loader > prompt, does 'gop get' give sane values? > > Peeter > > -- > > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 4:41 PM, Bryan C. Everly > <br...@bceassociates.com> wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 9:09 AM, Bryan C. Everly >> <br...@bceassociates.com> wrote: >>> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 8:56 AM, karu.pruun <karu.pr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Just to be sure that you removed 'i915_load="YES"' from >>>> /boot/loader.conf --- last time I checked it led to a crash; that's >>>> another reason not to put it there but include at a later stage, i.e. >>>> put in /etc/rc.conf. >>>> >>>> Not sure but may be that the wrong fb settings lead to crash if the >>>> system tries to write to 0. Need to check the code. >>>> >>>> You might want to forward to the list. >>>> >>>> Peeter >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>> >>> Peeter, >>> >>> I verified that I get the same behavior with the i915_load="YES" in >>> both /etc/rc.local and /boot/loader.conf - the crash that I only see >>> when I set mode=0 (800x600 resolution). It is likely that it is >>> crashing in the other default mode but I can't really confirm that >>> because the display is diagonally corrupted at the top of the screen. >>> >>> Thanks >> >> Peeter and the list, >> >> Apologies for the PEBKAC (problem exists between keyboard and chair) >> error here! :-) >> >> Suddenly occurred to me to check the version of my BIOS. Apparently >> it was written somewhere along the same time as the Protestant >> Reformation in Europe. Anyhow, I updated it to the latest version and >> everything is working like a charm. >> >> Sorry again for wasting folks time on an error in my brain but all is >> well now and I really am looking forward to learning more about >> DragonFlyBSD. I'm a ports maintainer for several things on OpenBSD >> and would love to see if I can help out here as well. I've been a big >> BSD fan since I was first exposed back in the SunOS4 and early Ultrix >> days. >> >> Thanks again!