When I upgraded to sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin-6.1.1 suddenly I was unable to see the cryptsetup password prompt of dracut. If I enter in the password blindly it will unlock, and continue booting. In other words I can't see anything except for the UEFI vendor logo until the DRM Framebuffer drivers kick in. I looked in the config and CONFIG_FB_EFI was not set, so as a test I built gentoo-kernel-6.1.1 with `CONFIG_FB_EFI=y` and now I can see the text from early framebuffer again. Steps to reproduce from a clean stage 3: 1. emerge =sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin-6.1.1 2. reboot and observe early framebuffer is not functioning I can reproduce this on two machines, one based on MSI Z87-G45 motherboard, and the other is an 2020 Thinkpad T14s (Intel). Both using systemd-boot as a bootloader. On both systems CONFIG_FB_EFI=y resolves the issue.
Created attachment 844857 [details] emerge --info emerge --info
afaik fedora (which we use the configs from) disables FB_EFI in its more bleeding edge configs and keeps it in production for nvidia, but disabling entirely won't work with the changes from bug #840439 which also disabled DRM_SIMPLEDRM I'd say we should just force enable it to be sure.
(In reply to Ionen Wolkens from comment #2) > afaik fedora (which we use the configs from) disables FB_EFI in its more > bleeding edge configs and keeps it in production for nvidia, but disabling > entirely won't work with the changes from bug #840439 which also disabled > DRM_SIMPLEDRM > > I'd say we should just force enable it to be sure. Uh, and FB_VESA for non-efi. They disable the entire FB subsystem in that version of the configs (I recall seeing that for early 6.0 configs too, not that I pay close attention to how they're handling these -- perhaps other notable differences).
I can reproduce the same issue on my Asus TUF Gaming B660M-Plus WiFi with a GTX1650. Also same steps fix the issue (I actually have blind TTYs).
Same problem here (pure Intel graphics, no discrete cards). No kernel/initrd boot messages on the screen even if initrd starts interactive shell to fix some boot issues. CONFIG_FB_EFI/FB_VESA are a must have settings.
(In reply to Sergey Okhapkin from comment #5) > Same problem here (pure Intel graphics, no discrete cards). No kernel/initrd > boot messages on the screen even if initrd starts interactive shell to fix > some boot issues. CONFIG_FB_EFI/FB_VESA are a must have settings. If you have configured VIDEO_CARDS=“intel” in make.conf it should be enough as intel video driver (be sure to install Linux-firmware too) has TTY support, not present on nvidia-drivers
(In reply to Marco Scardovi (scardracs) from comment #6) > If you have configured VIDEO_CARDS=“intel” in make.conf it should be enough > as intel video driver (be sure to install Linux-firmware too) has TTY > support, not present on nvidia-drivers I have VIDEO_CARDS="intel i965 iris". But Intel video driver and firmware are not available during early kernel boot.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=2699d443df822bb54c82e7c6ab368e2b8716d6cd commit 2699d443df822bb54c82e7c6ab368e2b8716d6cd Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-01-07 17:26:06 +0000 Commit: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-01-07 17:27:14 +0000 sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin: Bump to 6.1.4 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/888187 Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin/Manifest | 6 + .../gentoo-kernel-bin-6.1.4.ebuild | 127 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 133 insertions(+) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=f1c386b703d8454ed4ce1f574b29df0eb6a3d69c commit f1c386b703d8454ed4ce1f574b29df0eb6a3d69c Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-01-07 15:08:17 +0000 Commit: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-01-07 17:27:10 +0000 sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel: Bump to 6.1.4 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/888187 Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel/Manifest | 3 + .../gentoo-kernel/gentoo-kernel-6.1.4.ebuild | 137 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 140 insertions(+) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=636aa67cff060d76a14c706ef0a3298887de71fc commit 636aa67cff060d76a14c706ef0a3298887de71fc Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-01-07 15:08:05 +0000 Commit: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-01-07 17:27:09 +0000 sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel: Bump to 6.1.4 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/888187 Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel/Manifest | 3 + .../vanilla-kernel/vanilla-kernel-6.1.4.ebuild | 134 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 137 insertions(+)
