Re: raspberry pi 3b+ how to boot with hdmi

Good morning 2022,

niyalevi@gmail.com (Shadrock Uhuru), 2021.01.01 (Sat) 05:54 (CET):
> > From: Stuart Henderson <stu.lists@spacehopper.org>
> > To: misc@openbsd.org
> > Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 12:55:27 -0000 (UTC)
> > Subject: Re: raspberry pi 3b+ how to boot with hdmi
>
> > > On 2021-12-28, Shadrock Uhuru <niyalevi@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > i have successfully installed the latest snapshot onto a rpi3b+
> > > using a serial cable,
> > > after rebooting still with the serial cable everything startup fine,
> > > when i try to reboot with a hdmi monitor connected
> > > i get a few line at startup then the screen goes blank,
> > > what configuration do i change to make the hdmi monitor the primary
> > > display when booting ?
>
> > See the text around "To use video output on the framebuffer instead"
> > in the INSTALL.arm64 file distributed with the install sets.
>
> i now have output on the hdmi monitor,
> one thing that i've noticed is the boot up information
> stops after displaying the date and doesn't proceed to the login prompt,
> i can ping and ssh into the pi but no login prompt,

It might need something like this in /etc/ttys:

ttyC0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt220 on secure

See ttys(5)!

Marcus