From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Thu Feb 11 22:03:49 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@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 1942A537970 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:03:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tsoome@me.com) Received: from mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Dc9d06CpKz4tvf for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:03:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tsoome@me.com) Received: by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) id D15F5538018; Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:03:48 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: current@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 CFE4153796F for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:03:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tsoome@me.com) Received: from pv50p00im-ztdg10011301.me.com (pv50p00im-ztdg10011301.me.com [17.58.6.40]) (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 4Dc9d02f2lz4tnF for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:03:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tsoome@me.com) Received: from nazgul.lan (148-52-235-80.sta.estpak.ee [80.235.52.148]) by pv50p00im-ztdg10011301.me.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5089C760405; Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:03:45 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 14.0 \(3654.60.0.2.21\)) Subject: Re: loader/boot fonts are painfully small (again) From: Toomas Soome In-Reply-To: <6dd455b7-08f3-7d2e-87e3-54b9473cef2f@yuripv.dev> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:03:43 +0200 Cc: current@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <6dd455b7-08f3-7d2e-87e3-54b9473cef2f@yuripv.dev> To: Yuri Pankov X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3654.60.0.2.21) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:6.0.369, 18.0.737 definitions=2021-02-11_07:2021-02-11, 2021-02-11 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-2006250000 definitions=main-2102110171 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Dc9d02f2lz4tnF X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:03:49 -0000 > On 11. Feb 2021, at 23:21, Yuri Pankov wrote: >=20 > Lenovo P51 laptop, 15'' 4k (3840x2160) display. >=20 > Booting from the latest available current snapshot (20210107), fonts > were at least readable; updating to the latest bits (manually = installing > new loader as well) made them really small -- terminal size reported = by > stty is 480x135. >=20 It is a issue about not so good automatic font size setup. The original = code was using 80x24 terminal as base, it was complained it did end up = with too large fonts, so I did pick uefi terminal size as base (see = output from mode command), but thats also not perfect. Till better = solution, right now the option is to set font manually (screen.font = variable). > I have also noticed large delays between different loader screens, > probably caused by very slow screen blanking given the terminal size? yes, it definitely needs boost.There are few things we can do about it. rgds, toomas