Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 23:54:30 +0200 From: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> To: Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: "vidcontrol -i mode" shows no output except header (in search of smaller console font) Message-ID: <DFFA5303-2A77-4FE7-B70E-0B8A4F185A23@me.com> In-Reply-To: <CADqw_gJbZDHLf41t4%2BbgS2BZesWrovOUnoW_iV-wYdk%2Bpmm%2BiA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADqw_gJbZDHLf41t4%2BbgS2BZesWrovOUnoW_iV-wYdk%2Bpmm%2BiA@mail.gmail.com>
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--Apple-Mail=_2E6F6973-124B-48A2-9BEE-D30FA2D48D3F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > On 27. Feb 2022, at 23:36, Michael Schuster = <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > Hi all, >=20 > 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.=20 >=20 > 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". >=20 > I tried a few things > - switched to sc via setting "kern.vty=3Dsc" 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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). >=20 UEFI or BIOS setup? With UEFI, sc and hw.vga.textmode has no effect. = With UEFI or BIOS+hw.vga.textmode=3D0, you can set screen.font variable = (empty value will cause the values list to be printed), or use loadfont = command with your custom font file (created with vtfontcvt). rgds, toomas --Apple-Mail=_2E6F6973-124B-48A2-9BEE-D30FA2D48D3F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On 27. Feb 2022, at 23:36, Michael Schuster <<a = href=3D"mailto:michaelsprivate@gmail.com" = class=3D"">michaelsprivate@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" = class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi = all,</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"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 class=3D""></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"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=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></div><di= v class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I tried = a few things</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">- = switched to sc via setting "kern.vty=3Dsc" in /boot/loader.conf, this = caused a hang on reboot</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">- = setting "hw.vga.textmode" to 1</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">- = "kldload vesa"</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"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 class=3D""></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"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 class=3D""></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"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=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"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=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br = class=3D""></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=3D""></div><div>UEFI = or BIOS setup? With UEFI, sc and hw.vga.textmode has no effect. With = UEFI or BIOS+hw.vga.textmode=3D0, you can set screen.font variable = (empty value will cause the values list to be printed), or use loadfont = command with your custom font file (created with = vtfontcvt).</div><div><br = class=3D""></div><div>rgds,</div><div>toomas</div><br = class=3D""></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_2E6F6973-124B-48A2-9BEE-D30FA2D48D3F--
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