On 2018-08-03, Jay Hart <jh...@kevla.org> wrote: >> On 2018-08-03, Jay Hart <jh...@kevla.org> wrote: >>> Let me add a bit more data: >>> >>> MITAC PD11BICC motherboard (running Intel Indian Bay Trail chipset I think). >>> >>> Link to motherboard manual: >>> https://globalamericaninc.com/manuals/2809056.pdf >>> >>> Has both a DVI-I and VGA port. I have only tried the VGA port but assume >>> same issue if I use the >>> DVI-I port. >>> >>> OpenBSD 6.3 installed just fine, just can't get it boot now, so I don't >>> think its a BIOS setting >>> per se, but don't know this for a fact. >>> >>> I can't get you dmesg, else I'd post it. The info I got below was best I >>> could get with a cell >>> phone. >> >> Are you intending to run it as a graphical workstation? If not, try "b -c" >> at the bootloader prompt, then "disable inteldrm" and "quit". That is likely >> to get it booting - if so, you should be able to get a dmesg. (The on-disk >> kernel can be edited with "config -ef /bsd"). >> > That worked and I'm able to boot and reboot box into openbsd, thanks much. > Exactly when will I > have to modify the boot command (to disable inteldrm) in order to continue > booting, assume every > time I upgrade from one release to another, and any time I install a patch > that relinks to another > kernel?
Whenever you change the kernel. Note that syspatch won't work with a modified kernel. > One thing I'm having an issue understanding is why openbsd appears not to see > the full 8GB of RAM > in this box. > > Here is the dmesg: > OpenBSD 6.3 (GENERIC.MP) #6: Sun Jul 29 11:50:15 CEST 2018 > > r...@syspatch-63-i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP That's a 32-bit kernel. Try amd64 instead, bay trail supports 64-bit. Whoi knows, maybe video will work without further tweaking there. (It does work on other J1900 machines).
