Monday, September 26, 2022

Re: My home router, running OpenBSD 7.1, won't boot headlessly

On 9/26/22 00:21, Kastus Shchuka wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2022 at 08:12:51AM -0400, Z. Charles Dziura wrote:
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>> except for one glaring flaw: it won't boot up properly unless I have a
>> monitor plugged into one of the display ports. Of course, this makes things
>> a bit difficult to debug.
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> Seems you need a dummy HDMI plug, similar to what was described in this thread:
> https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=165192618008143&w=2

I had a similar problem with a Mac Mini, a long time ago, and taped some
resistors in place so that OpenBSD would boot unattended and without a
display attached. The resistors have to be in the right range to work,
but there is some flexibility as to the specs:

https://rumorscity.com/2013/12/06/how-to-create-dummy-plugs-for-your-graphics-cards/

Though a form dummy HDMI plug might be the best approach if it's likely
to get jostled or moved.

/Lars

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