Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 09:45:06 +0100 From: Christoph Brinkhaus <c.brinkhaus@t-online.de> To: Janos Dohanics <web@3dresearch.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Console resolution/font size Message-ID: <X74ZksztIlHO7mtm@esprimo> In-Reply-To: <20201125020318.30f5921d6fee3e267945a243@3dresearch.com> References: <20201125020318.30f5921d6fee3e267945a243@3dresearch.com>
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Am Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 02:03:18AM -0500 schrieb Janos Dohanics: > Hello, Hello Janos! > 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? Please have a look at efi_max_resolution which is specfied in /boot/loader.conf. I use that on one of my laptops. efi_max_resolution Specify the maximum desired resolution for the EFI console. The following values are accepted: Value Resolution 480p 640x480 720p 1280x720 1080p 1920x1080 2160p 3840x2160 4k 3840x2160 5k 5120x2880 WidthxHeight WidthxHeight 800x600 is not suported according to the man page. But may be 1280x720 is aceptable for your screen. > Janos Dohanics Kind regards, Christoph
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