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Title: [RESOLVED] VGA not working
Post by: rfanch3r on July 18, 2022, 02:27:38 AM
Due to a failed update I decided to reinstall OPNSense and grabbed the VGA image but I am not getting the same console as I once had, which allowed me to jump into the shell, is there something more I need to configure? I had made changes in Settings->Admin->Primary Console - I selected VGA and EFI and I do not get the menu I am expecting.

Any suggestions?
Title: Re: VGA not working
Post by: Patrick M. Hausen on July 18, 2022, 09:26:38 AM
What *are* you getting? No output at all? Or something different from the menu?
Title: Re: VGA not working
Post by: rfanch3r on July 18, 2022, 02:16:06 PM
All I am getting is the point where it loads the kernel then I see a blinking cursor and that's it. From the live image I see the expected menu but once I boot to the image then I do not. From the boot selection mention I can see 5. Console : Video is selected.

I don't have a serial port on this device so I am blind as to what is going on. I have reinstalled about a few times now with the same result.
Title: Re: VGA not working
Post by: Patrick M. Hausen on July 18, 2022, 02:40:09 PM
Can you reach the UI? What is "Primary Console" set to? If not, can you install with legacy boot if your current try is UEFI and vice versa?
Title: Re: VGA not working
Post by: rfanch3r on July 18, 2022, 03:31:09 PM
I can reach the UI but due to another router on the same network they often conflict, since I can not see the console, I cannot change the lan port.

I have set the primary console to VGA/EFI
Legacy boot is defined in the bios already but why would that change the console behavior?

So I changed the Video from Legecy to UEFI and I did not get any output, switched back to Legacy and getting to the same spot.
Title: Re: VGA not working
Post by: rfanch3r on July 18, 2022, 05:12:13 PM
I had previously made 0 changes to the router but on a whim, or a lack of anything else that could be done, I restored the defaults and now I am seeing the expected behavior.