Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 22:36:13 +0100 From: Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: "vidcontrol -i mode" shows no output except header (in search of smaller console font) Message-ID: <CADqw_gJbZDHLf41t4%2BbgS2BZesWrovOUnoW_iV-wYdk%2Bpmm%2BiA@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hi all, I'm trying to get a smaller font in my text-consoles (using vt) on my Ryzen 4700 and Vega10 Renoir - based laptop with a fresh install of FreeBSD CURRENT from last week. My research led me to believe that using vidcontrol would help me here, but however I do try, "vidcontrol -i mode" prints nothing except the header line, and other "vidcontrol" subcommands give me "Inappropriate ioctl for device". I tried a few things - switched to sc via setting "kern.vty=sc" in /boot/loader.conf, this caused a hang on reboot - setting "hw.vga.textmode" to 1 - "kldload vesa" ... and probably a few other things I now forget, all to no effect - I still get nothing. I then performed an update from a freshly 'git pulled' source today (kernel, world, drm-devel-kmod), a simple "vidcontrol" test still shows the same. I know it can work because I had a smaller font before I re-installed over the previous installation (which originally came from ghostbsd in Aug 2020), so - I assume - it can't be rocket science :-) I'd appreciate further hints/pointers/RTFMs (though I've tried quite a few of those). TIA Michael -- Michael Schuster http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/ recursion, n: see 'recursion' [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi all,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I'm trying to get a smaller font in my text-consoles (using vt) on my Ryzen 4700 and Vega10 Renoir - based laptop with a fresh install of FreeBSD CURRENT from last week. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">My research led me to believe that using vidcontrol would help me here, but however I do try, "vidcontrol -i mode" prints nothing except the header line, and other "vidcontrol" subcommands give me "Inappropriate ioctl for device".</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I tried a few things</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">- switched to sc via setting "kern.vty=sc" in /boot/loader.conf, this caused a hang on reboot</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">- setting "hw.vga.textmode" to 1</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">- "kldload vesa"</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">... and probably a few other things I now forget, all to no effect - I still get nothing.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I then performed an update from a freshly 'git pulled' source today (kernel, world, drm-devel-kmod), a simple "vidcontrol" test still shows the same.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I know it can work because I had a smaller font before I re-installed over the previous installation (which originally came from ghostbsd in Aug 2020), so - I assume - it can't be rocket science :-)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I'd appreciate further hints/pointers/RTFMs (though I've tried quite a few of those).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">TIA</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Michael<br clear="all"></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Michael Schuster<br><a href="http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/</a><br></div><div>recursion, n: see 'recursion'<br></div></div></div></div>help
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