> the latest output is: > > starting kernel.. > then a black screen with the pinguin only (from uboot?), then that also disappears, it > seems the back-light is still on though, until i reset the tablet, I am sorry but it seems my console was only set to the serial output (which i have not yet connected), I have added console tty0 and tty1 as well to the startup console and now see for the 4.16.2 kernel: please note that i made a video and the last 2 lines where blurred, screen was going nuts in final sequence, but last readable is this ( i will redo this tomorrow with a serial connection ) sr_init: no PMIC hook to init smartreflex, sr_init: platform driver register failed for SR On 13.9 kernel this is the area around it in the dmesg output, maybe a clue to what should follow: [ 5.109155] hctosys: unable to open rtc device (rtc0) [ 5.117460] sr_init: No PMIC hook to init smartreflex [ 5.125779] sr_init: platform driver register failed for SR [ 5.135103] PM: Hibernation image not present or could not be loaded. [ 5.135278] vcc3v0: disabling [ 5.141402] vcc3v3: disabling [ 5.147344] vcc5v0: disabling [ 5.153217] usb0-vbus: disabling [ 5.159321] usb1-vbus: disabling [ 5.165320] usb2-vbus: disabling [ 5.179038] Freeing unused kernel memory: 2048K [ 5.186859] rodata_test: all tests were successful [ 5.231177] systemd[1]: System time before build time, advancing clock. [ 5.271629] systemd[1]: systemd 234 running in system mode. (+PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA -APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ +LZ4 +SECCOMP +BLKID +ELFUTILS +KMOD -IDN2 +IDN default-hierarchy=hybrid) [ 5.298946] systemd[1]: Detected architecture arm. [ 5.306847] systemd[1]: Running in initial RAM disk _______________________________________________ arm mailing list -- arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to arm-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx