Re: NetBSD and old nvidia laptop card / crash and unusable X11

[Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola%libero.it@localhost>]

Hi Benny,

Benny Siegert wrote:
> Hi Riccardo,
>
> On Thu, 8 Dec 2022, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
>
> > I have a fine and nice laptop which unfortunately has an older nvidia 
> > card. I updated to 9.3, but the same issue persist as older versions.
>
> is it any better if you try booting a NetBSD-current snapshot?

yes and no... it behaves differently.
I just used the current kernel here
http://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/202212142120Z/i386/binary/kernel/


The screen becomes black when fb sould be turned on. This is similar 
(but not same) behaviour after applying a patch of Robert Swindell about 
correct PCI BAR detection.

The screen is black, the boot does not complete (cannot remotely 
log-in), caps-lock does not work, power-off or ctrl-alt-canc neither.

Riccardo