On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 at 22:26:51 +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote: > I'm hesitant to change this code. How does Linux behave on tese > machines? Does it use the invisible part of the framebuffer? Or have > they done away with actually using the kernel framebuffer completely > like some developers threatened a couple of years ago...
I booted a Linux USB drive and it just shows a purple/black screen for a few seconds while the kernel loads until some text flashes for half a second (systemd?) and then X loads. When I switch back to the console, it doesn't draw off the screen. I have no idea what it's doing under the hood to figure out the resolution for the console. (I'd make a joke about Linux developers hiding all of that ugly kernel text output from users, but ironically the OpenBSD kernel wastes about 5-8 seconds during boot just printing kernel text through rasops.) > Do you have a (larger) monitor connected to your laptops when this happens? No, nothing connected. BTW this diff is in snaps.
