Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:03:42 -0500 From: Janos Dohanics <web@3dresearch.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Console resolution/font size Message-ID: <20201125120342.642137e5543f8d9ee25d84a9@3dresearch.com> In-Reply-To: <X74ZksztIlHO7mtm@esprimo> References: <20201125020318.30f5921d6fee3e267945a243@3dresearch.com> <X74ZksztIlHO7mtm@esprimo>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 09:45:06 +0100 Christoph Brinkhaus <c.brinkhaus@t-online.de> wrote: > Am Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 02:03:18AM -0500 schrieb Janos Dohanics: > > Hello, > > Hello Janos! > > > [...] > > > > 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 Hi Christoph, I have changed /boot/loader.conf as you have suggested: # cat /boot/loader.conf kern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable="0" kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0" cryptodev_load="YES" zfs_load="YES" efi_max_resolution="720p" Works perfect, thank you! Except: The FreeBSD Boot Loader Menu is not displayed. After 10 seconds, the boot process items keep scrolling at a readable resolution. Not sure though what that resolution is, dmesg says: VT(efifb): resolution 800x600 -- Janos Dohanics
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20201125120342.642137e5543f8d9ee25d84a9>