PartialVolume

This sounds like it's caused by the Linux Direct Rendering Manager DRM/KMS. Can you plug into the docking station then once ShredOS has booted switch to the virtual terminal ALT...

One other thing it might be, in the laptops bios is there a setting for designating which is the primary video output. If there is try switching it and see...

Can you confirm what graphics hardware is on your laptop. In dmesg it's complaining about missing i915 firmware but then mentions Nvidia. >3.968837] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA GP108 (138000a1) [ 4.000471]...

That could explain it, unfortunately I've not got access to my development system until next week so can't progress it until then. But does look like missing firmware.

@MinecollYT Can you confirm which version you are using. The latest pre-release, published 3 weeks ago contains the i915 firmware. [https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64/releases/tag/v2021.08.2_23.2_x86-64_0.34](https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64/releases/tag/v2021.08.2_23.2_x86-64_0.34)

> I think I was using the latest stable release v2021.08.2_23_x86-64_0.34 Yes, that version is missing the i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_04.bin firmware. If you could try the latest pre-release that includes that firmware...

@MinecollYT no problem, I know how you feel :-)

>All in all the perfect successor to DBAN I have been looking for - Thanks a lot! Thanks, glad it's useful. >I think in Statistics, the time remaining should be...

I guess I probably haven't noticed it before because I tend to test with very much smaller drives and often tiny loop devices. Biggest drive for wiping I have is...

>I seems on large disks the throughput is significantly lower when writing to the outer sectors as compared to the first (inner) ones during a pass. I was also a...