NetBSD Problem Report #53087

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Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2018 16:25:54 +0000 (UTC)
From: dario@darioniedermann.it
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Subject: Small, unreadable dark gray font in installer's black text console makes installation impossible.
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>Number:         53087
>Category:       port-amd64
>Synopsis:       Small, unreadable dark gray font in installer's black text console makes installation impossible.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    port-amd64-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Mar 10 16:30:00 +0000 2018
>Last-Modified:  Tue Mar 13 14:55:01 +0000 2018
>Originator:     Dario Niedermann
>Release:        7.1.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
Linux localhost 3.2.90 #2 Mon Jul 3 16:13:35 CDT 2017 i686 AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology MK-36 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
>Description:
The installer from the bootable USB image shows a faint, barely visible dark gray micro-font on a black screen, making installation impossible.

This is not the first time I try NetBSD on this laptop, and I've never had a problem (at least with the installer) when you stuck to the standard VGA console. If it worked, why break it?
>How-To-Repeat:
Try installing NetBSD/amd64 7.1.1 on an Acer Aspire 5100 (AMD Turion64, ATi Radeon Xpress 1100 integrated graphics card). It's an old laptop from 2006.
>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
From: Leonardo Taccari <leot@NetBSD.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-amd64/53087: Small, unreadable dark gray font in installer's black text console makes installation impossible.
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 10:24:06 +0100

 Hello Dario,

 dario@darioniedermann.it writes:
 > >Number:         53087
 > >Category:       port-amd64
 > >Synopsis:       Small, unreadable dark gray font in installer's black t=
 ext console makes installation impossible.
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       critical
 > >Priority:       medium
 > >Responsible:    port-amd64-maintainer
 > >State:          open
 > >Class:          sw-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   net
 > >Arrival-Date:   Sat Mar 10 16:30:00 +0000 2018
 > >Originator:     Dario Niedermann
 > >Release:        7.1.1
 > >Organization:
 > >Environment:
 > Linux localhost 3.2.90 #2 Mon Jul 3 16:13:35 CDT 2017 i686 AMD Turion(tm=
 ) 64 Mobile Technology MK-36 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
 > >Description:
 > The installer from the bootable USB image shows a faint, barely visible =
 dark gray micro-font on a black screen, making installation impossible.
 >
 > This is not the first time I try NetBSD on this laptop, and I've never h=
 ad a problem (at least with the installer) when you stuck to the standard =
 VGA console. If it worked, why break it?
 > [...]

 Can you please try to enter boot(8) pressing a key, `Drop to boot
 prompt' and then `boot -c' (to drop at userconf(4) prompt) and
 in userconf:

  uc> find radeon*
  [420] radeon* at pci? dev ? function ?
  uc> find radeondrmkmsfb*
  [421] radeondrmkmsfb* at radeonfbbus?
  uc> disable 420
  [420] radeon* disabled
  uc> disable 421
  [421] radeondrmkmsfb* disabled
  uc> quit

 This is just a workaround to disable `drmkms' but probably will
 make installation possible.

From: Dario Niedermann <dario@darioniedermann.it>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: port-amd64-maintainer@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
	netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: port-amd64/53087: Small, unreadable dark gray font in
 installer's black text console makes installation impossible.
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 18:24:16 +0100

 Il 11/03/2018 alle 10:25, Leonardo Taccari ha scritto:

 > Can you please try to enter boot(8) pressing a key, `Drop to boot
 > prompt' and then `boot -c' (to drop at userconf(4) prompt) and
 > in userconf:
 > 
 >  uc> find radeon*
 >  [420] radeon* at pci? dev ? function ?
 >  uc> find radeondrmkmsfb*
 >  [421] radeondrmkmsfb* at radeonfbbus?
 >  uc> disable 420
 >  [420] radeon* disabled
 >  uc> disable 421
 >  [421] radeondrmkmsfb* disabled
 >  uc> quit
 > 
 > This is just a workaround to disable `drmkms' but probably will
 > make installation possible.

 That works, thank you. But, if I were to install NetBSD, would I need to
 enter those commands at every boot?

 -- 
 Dario Niedermann.                 Also on the Internet at:

 gopher://darioniedermann.it/  <>  https://www.darioniedermann.it/

From: Leonardo Taccari <leot@NetBSD.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-amd64/53087: Small, unreadable dark gray font in installer's black text console makes installation impossible.
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 15:50:11 +0100

 Hello Dario,

 Dario Niedermann writes:
 > That works, thank you. But, if I were to install NetBSD, would I need to
 > enter those commands at every boot?

 Yes, drmkms is always used when possible AFAIK (at least on GENERIC
 kernel).
 Once NetBSD is installed these commands can be put in `/boot.cfg'
 though.

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