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Date:      Mon, 20 May 2019 15:46:00 +0200
From:      Markus Graf <markusalbertgraf@gmail.com>
To:        Anthony Jenkins <Scoobi_doo@yahoo.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD X11 <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Using loader.conf(5) 'exec' directive to set video mode
Message-ID:  <86blzxgrxj.fsf@yoga.markusgraf.net>
In-Reply-To: <56e5e4a3-529c-bd41-c52c-2815e5374ca4@yahoo.com>
References:  <56e5e4a3-529c-bd41-c52c-2815e5374ca4@yahoo.com>

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Hello Anthony,

I know I am not technically answering your question.
Just in case you don't really care about the resolution but want=20
bigger fonts.
You can get nice big letters by setting:
fontb32=3Dterminus-b32.fnt
font8x16=3Dterminus-b32.fnt
font8x8=3Dterminus-b32.fnt
in rc.conf

Best regards

Markus

Anthony Jenkins via freebsd-x11 <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> writes:

> I'm running (a somewhat dated) FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT (git commit=20
> 68c8581f7, Tue. Feb 12 13:01:55 2019) on a UEFI laptop with an=20
> Intel UHD=20
> display, booting a ZFS root filesystem (gptzfsboot(8)). I'm=20
> trying to=20
> get the console into a lower resolution than the native UHD when=20
> the=20
> kernel is booted. I can manually do this by breaking into the=20
> loader=20
> prompt at boot and entering 'mode 1', then=20
> 'boot'. loader.conf(5) says I=20
> can run this command automatically with the 'exec' directive,=20
> but the=20
> video mode doesn't change.
>
> $ sudo cat /boot/loader.conf
> Password:
> autoboot_delay=3D"3"
> #boot_single=3D"YES"
> boot_verbose=3D"YES"
> kern.timecounter.hardware=3D"HPET"
> hw.psm.synaptics_support=3D"1"
> kern.vty=3D"vt"
> hw.vga.textmode=3D"1"
> efi_max_resolution=3D"1920x1080"
> exec=3D"mode 1"
>
> I've also tried using directive 'efi_max_resolution' - same=20
> result. Does=20
> 'exec' work on my configuration (UEFI boot, ZFS root), or am I=20
> not using=20
> it right? I've tried putting other loader commands in 'exec'=20
> with no=20
> effect. Same question for efi_max_resolution.
>
> A separate question (possibly for graphics@ or x11@) is when the=20
> i915(4)=20
> kernel module from the graphics/drm-current-kmod port is loaded=20
> by=20
> rc.conf(4)'s 'kld_list' variable. When I do manually set the=20
> console=20
> resolution using 'mode 1', it is reset to maximum resolution=20
> when=20
> i915(4) is loaded.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Anthony Jenkins
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--=20
Liebe Gr=C3=BC=C3=9Fe

Markus Graf







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