boot loader blank screen

[Warner Losh]

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 11:35 AM John Kennedy <warlock at phouka.net> wrote:

> 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.
>

Yea, this is a feature that needs to be fixed since black on black text is
a show stopper :(

Warner