From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Nov 25 17:17:07 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 F25F346F5F8 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 17:17:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from c.brinkhaus@t-online.de) Received: from mailout05.t-online.de (mailout05.t-online.de [194.25.134.82]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mailout00.t-online.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Ch6yB6zJ8z3mVr for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 17:17:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from c.brinkhaus@t-online.de) Received: from fwd19.aul.t-online.de (fwd19.aul.t-online.de [172.20.27.65]) by mailout05.t-online.de (Postfix) with SMTP id 6E46D421A5CE; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:17:04 +0100 (CET) Received: from esprimo.local (rIv8CmZZghROABii2XCusvyYpL8XJ4yNsiAyeDqPIbqSswhG6IojbTEGDzpo+ONQ0M@[217.226.187.66]) by fwd19.t-online.de with (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) esmtp id 1khyPg-0B3nyS0; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:17:04 +0100 Received: by esprimo.local (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C2C9280119; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:17:03 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:17:03 +0100 From: Christoph Brinkhaus To: Janos Dohanics Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Console resolution/font size Message-ID: References: <20201125020318.30f5921d6fee3e267945a243@3dresearch.com> <20201125120342.642137e5543f8d9ee25d84a9@3dresearch.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20201125120342.642137e5543f8d9ee25d84a9@3dresearch.com> X-ID: rIv8CmZZghROABii2XCusvyYpL8XJ4yNsiAyeDqPIbqSswhG6IojbTEGDzpo+ONQ0M X-TOI-EXPURGATEID: 150726::1606324624-00008954-602FFC7D/0/0 CLEAN NORMAL X-TOI-MSGID: d30d92a3-f805-4659-9c90-b09de89fa2e1 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Ch6yB6zJ8z3mVr X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of c.brinkhaus@t-online.de has no SPF policy when checking 194.25.134.82) smtp.mailfrom=c.brinkhaus@t-online.de X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.60 / 15.00]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_GOOD(0.00)[194.25.134.82:from]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[t-online.de]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.999]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[t-online.de]; ASN(0.00)[asn:3320, ipnet:194.25.0.0/16, country:DE]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[194.25.134.82:from]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[217.226.187.66:received]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[t-online.de]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[194.25.134.82:from:127.0.2.255]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[194.25.134.82:from]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; 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 17:17:08 -0000 Am Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 12:03:42PM -0500 schrieb Janos Dohanics: > On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 09:45:06 +0100 > Christoph Brinkhaus 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 Dear Janos, thank you for the feed back. > 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. This is not something one want to have. The only idea I have is to increase the delay of the boot menue. May be it takes some time for the grafic card to synchronize to the new resolution. But this is just guesswork. > Not sure though what that resolution is, dmesg says: > > VT(efifb): resolution 800x600 Kind regards, Christoph > > > -- > Janos Dohanics > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"