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From:
Vitaliy Makkoveev <mvs@openbsd.org>
Subject:
Re: sys/amd64: fallback to VGA text mode on headless systems
To:
mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl, tech@openbsd.org
Date:
Sat, 7 Feb 2026 16:11:05 +0300

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On Fri, Feb 06, 2026 at 06:39:03PM +0100, Kirill A. Korinsky wrote:
> > > 
> > > What about my suggestion to have a dummy framebuffer?
> > > 
> > 
> > I had tried, but I wasn't able make something that works.
> > 
> > Or better to say all my attemt leads to that machine still hungs.
> > 
> > Here hard part: this is remote machine, I haven't got access to serial
> > console on it, I can only boot it, or boot in "rescue mode" (Linux) or as
> > to attach KVM.
> > 
> > ... and without the way to debug I can't figure out why and where it hangs.
> >
> 
> Shall I drop this diff ?
> 

I agree with Mark. The dummy console which you intentionally enable via
/etc/boot.conf like "set tty dummy" is the right way.