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Mon, 20 May 2019 14:57:59 +0000 Received: from 172.58.4.198 (EHLO [192.168.43.2]) ([172.58.4.198]) by smtp418.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (Oath Hermes SMTP Server) with ESMTPA ID bddd927c8ad8d709021acf272b4ffdb9; Mon, 20 May 2019 14:57:57 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: Using loader.conf(5) 'exec' directive to set video mode To: Markus Graf Cc: FreeBSD CURRENT , FreeBSD X11 References: <56e5e4a3-529c-bd41-c52c-2815e5374ca4@yahoo.com> <86blzxgrxj.fsf@yoga.markusgraf.net> From: Anthony Jenkins Message-ID: <947450e8-ccde-e2f6-ea80-59728861062b@yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 10:57:52 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.5.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <86blzxgrxj.fsf@yoga.markusgraf.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: EEB9881D3F X-Spamd-Bar: ++ X-Spamd-Result: default: False [2.05 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ptr:yahoo.com]; 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Feb 12 13:01:55 2019) on a UEFI laptop with an Intel >> UHD display, booting a ZFS root filesystem (gptzfsboot(8)). CORRECTION: I installed (merged) /boot/boot1.efifat in the existing EFI system partition; I didn't install /boot/gptzfsboot into a freebsd-boot partition. Reference: https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot#Manually_Installing_FreeBSD_on_ZFS >> I'm trying to get the console into a lower resolution than the native >> UHD when the kernel is booted. I can manually do this by breaking >> into the loader prompt at boot and entering 'mode 1', then 'boot'. >> loader.conf(5) says I can run this command automatically with the >> 'exec' directive, but the video mode doesn't change. >> >> $ sudo cat /boot/loader.conf >> Password: >> autoboot_delay="3" >> #boot_single="YES" >> boot_verbose="YES" >> kern.timecounter.hardware="HPET" >> hw.psm.synaptics_support="1" >> kern.vty="vt" >> hw.vga.textmode="1" >> efi_max_resolution="1920x1080" >> exec="mode 1" >> >> I've also tried using directive 'efi_max_resolution' - same result. >> Does 'exec' work on my configuration (UEFI boot, ZFS root), or am I >> not using it right? I've tried putting other loader commands in >> 'exec' with no effect. Same question for efi_max_resolution. >> >> A separate question (possibly for graphics@ or x11@) is when the >> i915(4) kernel module from the graphics/drm-current-kmod port is >> loaded by rc.conf(4)'s 'kld_list' variable. When I do manually set >> the console resolution using 'mode 1', it is reset to maximum >> resolution when i915(4) is loaded. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Anthony Jenkins >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >