boot loader blank screen

[John Kennedy]

On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 06:30:38PM +0200, Toomas Soome wrote:
> Yes, it is known defect, and I???m searching for cause; the issue is with /boot/loader and BIOS text mode (unfortunately I have the usual ???but it is working for me??? case). For workaround, you can try to either: 1 (blind) press esc to get out of boot menu, then enter: vbe on; another option is to add hw.vga.textmode=???0??? to loader.conf.
> 
> Sorry for confusion,
> toomas

  Yeah, that is a BIOS (vs UEFI) system.  Adding hw.vga.textmode=0 worked,
and I like the graphical demon for what that's worth.  (:

  I've also upgraded the bootcode, although that may mean nothing if the
textmode is avoiding the problem.

  In any case, I guess I have a known-bad (?) system, so if I can help you
out in some way let me know.  Bonking that box every now and then isn't a
problem for me.