Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:09:06 +0200 From: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> To: Chris H <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> Cc: FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Are textmode consoles/terminals still supported? Message-ID: <D3417D12-98EE-475F-8C34-73B0CC2BABBC@me.com> In-Reply-To: <05ff1f84a0f3856823fda4b08266f211@ultimatedns.net> References: <05ff1f84a0f3856823fda4b08266f211@ultimatedns.net>
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> On 20. m=C3=A4rts 2017, at 23:58, Chris H <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> = wrote: >=20 > I'm attempting to get a video card that DTRT on FreeBSD. > I started with the graphics provided by an AMD A6-7470K, > only to discover it's not yet supported. So I forked out > for a recent nvidia card, and build/installed a new > world/kernel. > Everything seemed to be as one would expect, except there > was an issue with loader.efi. So I had to move mine aside, > and use the one off the install media (tho I understand > the (u)efi has since been fixed). Now, I'm attempting to > obtain textmode. The text stripped from a tty, and pasted > to a new file in a textmode editor -- ee(1) for example; > pads the line with spaces to EOL, and prefaces each line > following the first line with rubbish (about 1 to 2 > characters worth). > So "graphics mode" or vt(4) isn't going to get it, for me. > Textmode, and syscons(4) has always worked as expected, and > I thought I'd try to re-enable it, or get textmode via vt(4). > But all attempts fail. > excerpt from my KERNCONF >=20 > device vga > options VESA >=20 > device sc > options SC_PIXEL_MODE >=20 > device vt > device vt_vga > device vt_efifb >=20 > However, following the advice on the freebsd wiki, querying > the value in sysctl(8) returns: > # sysctl hw.vga.textmode > sysctl: unknown oid 'hw.vga.textmode' >=20 > OK how bout vidcontrol(1) > # vidcontrol -i adapter > vidcontrol: obtaining adapter information: Inappropriate ioctl for = device >=20 > So, it appears from my standpoint that textmode is no longer > supported? >=20 > FWIW: > FreeBSD trump.whitehouse.gov.test 12.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT #0 = r314700: > Sun Mar 5 09:01:30 PST 2017 > root@trump.whitehouse.gov.test:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TESTKERN amd6 >=20 > Thank you for anything that might help me obtain textmode again. >=20 > - The problem with UEFI is that the fact if you can only get =E2=80=9Ctext=E2= =80=9D aka VGA text mode if your card happens to have the proper = firmware and you can set up the card=E2=80=A6 UEFI as such does only = provide framebuffer based console, and that framebuffer is either linear = memory mapped or pure software - in last case only KMS console = framebuffer will do any good. rgds, toomas
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