From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jan 8 06:10:26 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECB89149081C for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2019 06:10:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com) Received: from echo.brtsvcs.net (echo.brtsvcs.net [208.111.40.118]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 97BD57068C for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2019 06:10:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com) Received: from chombo.houseloki.net (catnip [73.240.250.185]) by echo.brtsvcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0759038D2B for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2019 22:10:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.26.25.66] (leon.pilgrimaccounting.com [10.26.25.66]) by chombo.houseloki.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3DF681B6 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2019 22:10:13 -0800 (PST) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org From: Mel Pilgrim Subject: Can't change UEFI/kernel boot video resolution to something supported by head unit Message-ID: Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 22:10:15 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.3.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 97BD57068C X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com designates 208.111.40.118 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.06 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[bluerosetech.com]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[echo.brtsvcs.net,foxtrot.brtsvcs.net]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.95)[-0.952,0]; IP_SCORE(-0.80)[asn: 36236(-3.91), country: US(-0.08)]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:36236, ipnet:208.111.40.0/24, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[185.250.240.73.zen.spamhaus.org : 127.0.0.10] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 06:10:26 -0000 I have 11.2 installed on a pair of Supermicro X11SSH-LN4F mainboards (C246 chipset, Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 series). They use UEFI-only boot mode for the NVME system disks. The system boots just fine, but when the FreeBSD UEFI loader runs, it switches the console video resolution to 1600x1200, which isn't supported by the 1280x1024 monitor of the rack's head unit, and is also so large as to be cumbersome when using the BMC remote console. I know I can set a video mode in the loader.conf, but I get an empty list when I run `vidcontrol -i mode`, `kldload vesa` gives me the notorious "error 19" message, and randomly trying resolutions doesn't work. How do I switch the loader and kernel to a lower resolution?