Re: Blank/black screen for 6.6 - any general debugging hints?

On 30.12.2019 19:07, lu hu wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was using 6.5 on a desktop PC.
>
> I did a sysupgrade, but after the blue boot text, I only get
> black/blank screen.
>
> I don't think it is just the screen, since I cannot reach it via
> network.
>
> I booted the 6.6 bsd.rd then did a clean install with 6.6. The same
> issue.
>
> I downloaded the 6.5 bsd.rd/sets and clean installed it. IT WORKED!
> YAY!!!
>
> So looks like, there is some issue with 6.6 on my HW.
>
> So I will probably skip 6.6 on this HW and hope 6.7 will work :)
>
>
> BUT:
>
> I didn't found any MAN pages, DOCs, how to troubleshoot these kind of
> black/blank screen boot issues.
>
> Any hints in general, what can I do next time to avoid a clean install
> of the older major version?
>
> Many thanks and wishing peaceful holidays!

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