Re: No console

[Jim Bernard <jbernard%mines.edu@localhost>]

On Thu, Apr 06, 2017 at 03:32:00PM -0600, Jim Bernard wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 06, 2017 at 09:02:25PM +0100, Robert Swindells wrote:
> > 
> > Jim Bernard wrote:
> > >Yes, I've been having the same problem, also with -current amd64 kernels.
> > >It occurs on both a Dell Optiplex 960 with an Intel E8400 cpu and an Nvidia
> > >GeForce 9300 GE card that nouveau doesn't handle (so I use no drm in the
> > >kernel) and on a Lenovo T61 laptop with an Intel T9300 cpu and i965GM
> > >graphics that drmkms doesn't handle (so I use legacy drm in the kernel).
> > >On both machines, there is text from the boot code, but none from the kernel
> > >or any userland programs that run during multiuser startup, including getty.
> > >There is a cursor, and it moves occasionally, but no text is printed.  If I
> > >type blindly, I can log in (still no text printed) and start X, which does
> > >correctly generate its usual display.
> 
> ...
> 
> > The cause looks to be this:
> > 
> > <http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2017/02/11/msg081926.html>
> > 
> > Backing out the change restores the console for me.
> 
> It's sufficient to revert just the last (2nd) alignment change in kern.ldscript
> to restore console output on the optiplex.  I haven't tried the thinkpad yet.

That change alone also suffices on the thinkpad.

-- 
Jim