> <@_oftc_jglathe_:matrix.org> earlycon=efifb, keepearlycon iirc

 * that doesn't seem to work unfortunately

tried boot option adding both earlycon=efifb and keep\_bootcon
symptom being the same. I saw the dmesgs probing a bunch of things like usb devices etc, but totally blacks out before the password prompt appears, and dmesg printouts resumes once I enter my password blindly