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Date:      Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:03:59 -0500
From:      Janos Dohanics <web@3dresearch.com>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Console resolution/font size
Message-ID:  <20201125120359.d333b8157d01eaa26a071041@3dresearch.com>
In-Reply-To: <24210d43-24ec-433f-d724-90821a51582d@gmail.com>
References:  <20201125020318.30f5921d6fee3e267945a243@3dresearch.com> <24210d43-24ec-433f-d724-90821a51582d@gmail.com>

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On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:40:45 +0300
"N.J.Terry" <newton.ja.terry@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 25.11.20 10:03, Janos Dohanics wrote:
> > [...]
> > 
> > How can I make a specific console resolution presistent across
> > reboots? And how would I set a resolution between 800x600 and
> > 1920x1080? 
> 
> Hi Janos
> 
> please delete those two settings in /boot/loader.conf, try instead 
> exec="gop set 3" or set efi_max_resolution="800x600".
> 
> loader.conf(5):
> 
> efi_max_resolution
> 	...
> 	The	following values are accepted:
> 	Value	        Resolution
> 	....
> 	WidthxHeight    WidthxHeight

Thank you, setting efi_max_resolution="720p" works great, except as I
noted in my reply to Christoph, the screen is completely blank when
you'd expect the FreeBSD Boot Loader Menu being displayed.


-- 
Janos Dohanics



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