Whitescreen while booting FreeBSD (Nvidia)
reddit / freebsd

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T8fEbAKJ · 2023-04-09 19:51

Hello everyone,
I have been using FreeBSD enthusiastically for many years. Recently, I
decided to upgrade my computer with an Nvidia graphics card (3080 Ti)
to be able to play around with VR on Windows (dual boot). Since then,
I have been experiencing nasty problems when starting FreeBSD. Often -
but not always - I suddenly get a white screen at boot. My question
for help does not relate to the cause (which is clear ;-) ), but to
the solution.
I have tested FreeBSD 13.1, 13.2 R6, and 14 with the same result. I
also have screenshots (filmed with a camera).
Windows (10), NetBSD, OpenBSD and Linux seems to be okay; only FreeBSD
shows this behavior.
The internet is silent about practical solutions to this problem. Yes,
I could still use FreeBSD via the internal Intel graphics, but then I
have problems starting with Windows, where only a black screen is
visible until I have logged in "blindly."
In short: Pleeeeaaase heeeelp, I'm stuck on Windows now! :-/

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Chaoticwhizz · 2023-04-17 21:23

What was your previous card? Are you using Xorg or Wayland? It may
help to uninstall/reinstall the nvidia drivers if you haven't tried
that already.