>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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).
>>>>
>>> Ok, got it working on amd64, but with same issue as before on inteldrm,
>>> still have to disable
>>> it:
>>
>> Are you able to try booting a snapshot kernel? If you download one and
>> save to / under a different name, you can do "boot (filename)" at the
>> boot loader prompt. It may not help but is a useful extra datapoint
>> (and you can test quickly that without updating the whole OS to a snapshot).
>>
>
> I can try, I take it go to:
> /pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/
>
> and download bsd.mp and copy it as bsd.snapshot (for example) to /, reboot
> and do a "boot
> bsd.snapshot", then report back. I've never followed current so am unfamiliar
> with this, but think
> I've got it down...
Booted most current snapshot bsd.mp file. When it got to the inteldrm line, the
screen went blank
and thought it was going to lockup or go into BIOS, but after a few seconds the
boot process
continued. I got a sendbug report and then rebooted into stable.
I provided two sendbug files in SEPCOR. One using regular kernel, one with the
snapshot.
I'm happy to try this a few more times as needed.
Jay
>
>> If it still doesn't help, best I can suggest at this point is to send a
>> mail to b...@openbsd.org with the information from sendbug (run as root
>> to get some pci information etc that is only available as root). If mail
>> is setup on the system you can run it directly, but it's often easier to
>> write to a file and move to the mail client that way, use sendbug -P for
>> that.
>>
>
> Ok, let me work on this as well. I definitely would like to help get this
> resolved, My issue is I
> need to put this box in production soon (small home/office)...
>
> Thanks for your assistance Stuart! really enjoy using OpenBSD, going on ten+
> years now, Not a
> power user by any imagination though...
>
> Jay
>
>
>
>
