Console goes blank after approx 2/3rds boot

From: Steven Friedrich <freebsdlouisville_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 02:23:42 UTC
slimline is an HP Slimline Desktop - 290-p0014

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 16GB DDR4
Coffee Lake (Core i7)
Ethernet    RTL8111/8168/8411 and RTL8125 2.5GbE
Wi-Fi RTL8821CE

I have been tracking 14-stable since 14.1  This anomaly began recently.  
I didn't find anything apropos in UPDATING.

During the boot, I see the beastie menu, and then the hardware detection 
phase. I can't specify the exact last message because the screen goes 
blank, I think for a mode switch, and I never see a login prompt and 
can't switch to other ttys.

I can ssh in and everything is fine.

I use kld_list="i915kms" in rc.conf, I can comment it out to no avail.

I have even re-installed to no avail.  I have created shell scripts to 
install and configure, so I can painlessly re-install at will.

Can anyone tell me what changed, what can I do.

I also have an HP Envy and it doesn't suffer this video anomaly.

Envy is an HP Envy Desktop PC TE01-1000i (1K4E8AV)

Intel® Core™ i7-10700 (2.9 GHz base frequency, up to 4.8 GHz with Intel® 
Turbo Boost Technology, 16 MB L3 cache, 8 cores)
Comet Lake
32 GB DDR4-2933 MHz RAM
Ethernet    RTL8111/8168/8411 and RTL8125 2.5GbE
Wi-Fi RTL8822CE
1 USB Type-C® 5Gbps
4 USB Type-A 5Gbps