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Date:      Tue, 13 May 2025 09:41:10 +0200
From:      Jakob Alvermark <jakob@alvermark.net>
To:        Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Loader goes to LINES=16 and kernel stays on that :(
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On 2025-05-12 22:36, Toomas Soome wrote:
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>> On 12. May 2025, at 22:50, Jakob Alvermark <jakob@alvermark.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 2025-05-10 22:13, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 10 May 2025 at 13:10, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Yea. This is due to the new, larger font and a hidden bug.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hasn't this been fixed in -HEAD? I thought tsoome was working on it.
>>>
>>> Oh, here:
>>>
>>> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D50258
>>>
>>> Want to try that out and see if it fixes things?
>>>
>> This has a very weird effect on my laptop (Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 4, 
>> 1920x1200 screen)
>>
>> The first few lines from the loader looks normal, but then it clears 
>> the screen veery sloowly. I can see big blocks of the text being erased.
>>
>> After the screen has been cleared, it starts printing "Loading 
>> /boot/default/loader.conf" etcetera, with a GIANT FONT, really really 
>> slowly.
>>
>> Then it switches to the small font (I have "screen.font=8x14" in my 
>> loader.conf) and displays the menu quickly.
>>
>>
>
> giant font hints that you do not have loader.efi updated in ESP, that 
> is you have the font but not D50258. (D50258 probably has to have || 
> in its check;)
>
> The screen clear is something I’m working about now. There are some 
> things to change about it - we have screen map and should use it to 
> skip “clearing” the clear areas, but resolution and font changes need 
> a bit of attention.
>
> rgds,
> toomas
>
Yes, I didn't think about updating the loader in the ESP.

I did that now and it works just as before.


Jakob

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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2025-05-12 22:36, Toomas Soome
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          <div>On 12. May 2025, at 22:50, Jakob Alvermark
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              <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2025-05-10 22:13, Adrian
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                    <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 10 May
                      2025 at 13:10, Warner Losh &lt;<a
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                      <div dir="auto">Yea. This is due to the new,
                        larger font and a hidden bug.  </div>
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                    <div>Hasn't this been fixed in -HEAD? I thought
                      tsoome was working on it.</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>Oh, here:</div>
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                    </div>
                    <div><a href="https://reviews.freebsd.org/D50258"
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://reviews.freebsd.org/D50258</a></div>;
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                    <div>Want to try that out and see if it fixes
                      things?</div>
                    <br>
                  </div>
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              <p>This has a very weird effect on my laptop (Lenovo
                ThinkPad X13 Gen 4, 1920x1200 screen)</p>
              <p>The first few lines from the loader looks normal, but
                then it clears the screen veery sloowly. I can see big
                blocks of the text being erased.</p>
              <p>After the screen has been cleared, it starts printing
                "Loading /boot/default/loader.conf" etcetera, with a
                GIANT FONT, really really slowly.</p>
              <p>Then it switches to the small font (I have
                "screen.font=8x14" in my loader.conf) and displays the
                menu quickly.</p>
              <p><br>
              </p>
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      <div>giant font hints that you do not have loader.efi updated in
        ESP, that is you have the font but not D50258. (D50258 probably
        has to have || in its check;)</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>The screen clear is something I’m working about now. There
        are some things to change about it - we have screen map and
        should use it to skip “clearing” the clear areas, but resolution
        and font changes need a bit of attention.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>rgds,</div>
      <div>toomas</div>
      <br>
    </blockquote>
    <p>Yes, I didn't think about updating the loader in the ESP.</p>
    <p>I did that now and it works just as before.</p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <p>Jakob</p>
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