With NetBSD 9.2: - kernel mode setting freezes - had to disabled the i915drmkms driver at boot From: http://wiki.netbsd.org/tutorials/x11/how_to_use_wsfb_uefi_bios_framebuffer/ At the bootloader prompt, pass the -c flag to the kernel: > boot -c The kernel will display a few lines, then immediately drop into the userconf prompt: uc> list # list all devs; look for your drmkms entry uc> disable i915drmkms # disable Intel DRM uc> quit We should wait for a new DRM import in NetBSD (10 or 11...)