I tried the solution. OpenBSD gets to boot, and I can see the resolution change to fb console for an instant, then the panel goes black. Too quick to be able to see anything; I'll try recording the screen with my smartphone xD
This laptop doesn't have HDD lights, so I'm not sure if the computer is totally stalled or is just a messed display. Will keep trying! 2017-04-16 16:26 GMT+02:00 Daniel Gracia <[email protected]>: > Thanks for the tip; I was installing a Win side-to-side and using legacy > BIOS mode. > > Cheers! > > 2017-04-16 1:21 GMT+02:00 Gregor Best <[email protected]>: > >> Hi Daniel, >> >> I have a laptop with a similar chipset. The issue is that the >> inteldrm(4) driver does not support Skylake devices at the moment. >> >> If you boot the machine EFI mode, efifb(4) should attach to the EFI >> frame buffer. This in turn allows you to use Xorg's wsfb driver with an >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf which looks like this: >> >> Section "Device" >> Identifier "default device" >> Driver "wsfb" >> EndSection >> >> Apart from missing suspend/resume and 3D-acceleration, such a setup >> seems to work nicely for me. Chrome/Firefox need to be taught not to use >> graphics acceleration, and for mpv you need to use the commandline >> parameter `-vo x11` to tell it to use oldschool X11 rendering. >> Brightness control can be done with >> >> https://github.com/jcs/intel_backlight_fbsd >> >> if you set `machdep.allowaperture` to 3. Don't mind the `fbsd` in the >> name, it works on OpenBSD as well. >> >> -- >> Gregor
