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?
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