From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Jan 29 09:37:15 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33E76EE0029 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2018 09:37:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kremels@kreme.com) Received: from mail.covisp.net (www.covisp.net [65.121.55.45]) (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 D5FD387AB4 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2018 09:37:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kremels@kreme.com) From: "@lbutlr" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Setting console resultion Message-Id: <5919B7EF-A04A-47CD-AFE1-3B2290420AEF@kreme.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 02:37:05 -0700 To: Freebsd Questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.6.9) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 09:37:15 -0000 I'm not sure why this is so hard, but I've read dozens of pages and = threads on setting up the console to boot into something other than VGA = 80x24 and I can't get anything to change the resolution. I have an old Core 2 duo machine with a 27" screen. Once I change by = boot.conf to use sc instead of vt, I can see the mode that I want = (1920x1440x32) but I cannot get the screen to change. vidcontrol mode=20 This is a fresh install of 11.1. If I try to load the intel driver, the screen goes blank. The onboard video connector not he machine is VGA, so even though the = monitor supports higher resolutions, I don't think those would work. I've also tried 1024x600, just to see if I can get *something* to work. Every attempt requires changing /boot/loader.conf and then rebooting, so = it gets very aggravating very quickly, and I can't find consistent = information since most of the pages i've found refer to FreeBSD 9.x or = 10.x (or sometimes earlier) and it appears a lot has changed in 11.x. I did manage to get a screensaver to load, which switches resolutions, = but I can't get the console to show anything but 80x24 text which it = overscan on the screen so the first and last character positions are = clipped.