Re: powerpc64 / Talos II - any grahics card working? - integrated or AMD

On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 09:26:37 +0000
Eduardo Pires <[email protected]> wrote:

> ***Integrated AST2500***
> 
> With the vga monitor connected after the petitboot boot,
> I get this:
> SIGTERM received, booting...
> 
> which would make sense, if this integrated card is not
> supported.

OpenBSD's astfb(4) doesn't work on Talos II.  You get the same error
as me, "can't map framebuffer",

> astfb0 at pci12 dev 0 function 0 "ASPEED Technology AST2000" rev 0x41: can't map framebuffer

I had abandoned a diff [1] that was helping my Talos II but breaking
astfb(4) on another machine.

[1] https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ppc&m=162968874225048&w=2

> ***Radeon HD 6350***
> ...
> the problem is that after booting nothing is displayed on the monitor,
> such as final boot process after the card is loaded, or terminal.
> 
> what happens is that if I attach a keyboard to the machine and start
> typing, everything that I type will be displayed on the monitor.
> ...
> radeondrm0: 1920x1080, 32bpp
> wsdisplay0 at radeondrm0 mux 1
> wskbd0: connecting to wsdisplay0
> wsdisplay0: screen 0-5 added (std, vt100 emulation)

These screens might be ttyC0 to ttyC5.  If ttyC0 is "off" in your
/etc/ttys, try switching to ttyC1 by [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F2].

https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq7.html#SwitchConsole

If you try xenodm(8) then it might show on ttyC4 [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F5].

--George