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(06-07-2021, 06:32 AM)thequailman Wrote: Thank you for the info!  I can only get serial console access, I don't get any output to the laptop screen.  I see the GPU is recognized (mali driver etc) and I have a /dev/dri/card0 endpoint, but startx complains no screens can be found (same with GDM and friends).  Specifically it says /dev/fb0 does not exist, but I can't confirm or deny that is something important (may not be needed in newer versions).

Did you have to change any X settings?  Can you paste your boot cmdline (append line in extlinux)?

Black screen is typical on PBP until Debian kernel 5.10.38 or later. Which kernel version are you running?
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Official Debian support - by moonwalkers - 06-05-2021, 01:45 PM
RE: Official Debian support - by thequailman - 06-06-2021, 12:27 PM
RE: Official Debian support - by moonwalkers - 06-06-2021, 07:00 PM
RE: Official Debian support - by thequailman - 06-07-2021, 06:32 AM
RE: Official Debian support - by moonwalkers - 06-07-2021, 08:16 AM
RE: Official Debian support - by thequailman - 06-07-2021, 08:29 AM
RE: Official Debian support - by sepp - 06-10-2021, 09:37 AM
RE: Official Debian support - by moonwalkers - 06-10-2021, 06:14 PM
RE: Official Debian support - by sepp - 06-11-2021, 12:32 AM
RE: Official Debian support - by hjalfi - 06-07-2021, 03:15 AM
RE: Official Debian support - by moonwalkers - 06-07-2021, 09:13 AM
RE: Official Debian support - by thequailman - 06-07-2021, 11:16 AM
RE: Official Debian support - by moonwalkers - 06-07-2021, 07:01 PM
RE: Official Debian support - by alpopa - 06-12-2021, 06:16 AM
RE: Official Debian support - by moonwalkers - 06-12-2021, 08:29 AM
RE: Official Debian support - by alpopa - 06-12-2021, 11:38 AM
RE: Official Debian support - by thequailman - 06-13-2021, 06:53 PM
RE: Official Debian support - by sepp - 06-12-2021, 12:20 PM
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RE: Official Debian support - by sepp - 06-24-2021, 12:03 AM
RE: Official Debian support - by thequailman - 06-25-2021, 02:14 PM
RE: Official Debian support - by moonwalkers - 06-25-2021, 02:48 PM
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RE: Official Debian support - by moonwalkers - 06-26-2021, 01:22 PM
RE: Official Debian support - by thequailman - 06-27-2021, 07:50 PM
RE: Official Debian support - by alpopa - 06-28-2021, 05:56 AM
RE: Official Debian support - by moonwalkers - 06-28-2021, 08:42 AM
RE: Official Debian support - by sepp - 06-29-2021, 11:31 PM
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