From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Nov 25 07:04:04 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A4B1478E82 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 07:04:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@3dresearch.com) Received: from smtpg.telissant.net (smtpg.telissant.net [104.225.1.73]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4CgsLq0mJmz4fY5 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 07:04:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@3dresearch.com) Received: from sacada.3dresearch.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtpg.telissant.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CgsLg6rmbz1lvRB for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 02:03:55 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at telissant.net Received: from smtpg.telissant.net ([127.0.0.1]) by sacada.3dresearch.com (sacada.3dresearch.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id jdiUUQ1AHxa2 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 02:03:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from bufftemp.3dresearch.com (unknown [71.112.244.15]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: bufftemp@sacada.3dresearch.com) by smtpg.telissant.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4CgsLg4GYZz1lvRP for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 02:03:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from bufftemp.3dresearch.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bufftemp.3dresearch.com (Postfix) with SMTP id A119776D80 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 02:03:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 02:03:18 -0500 From: Janos Dohanics To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Console resolution/font size Message-Id: <20201125020318.30f5921d6fee3e267945a243@3dresearch.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; amd64-portbld-freebsd12.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4CgsLq0mJmz4fY5 X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of web@3dresearch.com designates 104.225.1.73 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=web@3dresearch.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.80 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ENVFROM_SERVICE_ACCT(1.00)[]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a:smtpg.telissant.net]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[71.112.244.15:received]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[104.225.1.73:from]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:36236, ipnet:104.225.1.0/24, country:US]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; RCVD_COUNT_FIVE(0.00)[5]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[3dresearch.com]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[104.225.1.73:from:127.0.2.255]; FROM_SERVICE_ACCT(1.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 07:04:04 -0000 Hello, I have a newly installed FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT Thinkpad T480: FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT #0 2ed50808d2b-c254384(main): Thu Nov 12 07:29:09 UTC 2020 root@releng1.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/sys/GENERIC amd64 FreeBSD clang version 11.0.0 (git@github.com:llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-11.0.0-0-g176249bd673) WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance. VT(efifb): resolution 1920x1080 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8350U CPU @ 1.70GHz (1896.08-MHz K8-class CPU) [...] The screen is hardly readable at the resolution 1920x1080. At boot time I escaped to loader prompt and selected "mode 3" which gave the screen resolution 800x600. In /boot/loader.conf I added: hw.vga.textmode=1 kern.vt.fb.default_mode="800x600" But after reboot, I'm back to the nearly unusable resolution of 1920x1080. How can I make a specific console resolution presistent across reboots? And how would I set a resolution between 800x600 and 1920x1080? Why is the setting in /boot/loader.conf ignored? -- Janos Dohanics