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If you can test this patch: = http://148-52-235-80.sta.estpak.ee/0001-loader >> -rewrite-font-install.patch = > ewrite-font-install.patch> it would be really nice. >>>>=20 >>>> thanks, >>>> toomas >>>=20 >>> I tested with each of the following "stanzas' in /boot/loader.conf, >>> using vt (vs. syscons) in each case (though that breaks video reset >>> on resume after suspend): >>>=20 >>> . . . >>=20 >> I've done no experiments with an explicit vbe_max_resolution >> setting. My context for hw.vga.textmode=3D"0" shows up as >> 1920x1200. (I do have the font for this set to 8x16, making >> for lots of character cells across and down.) >>=20 >>=20 >> For the below I do not have hw.vga.textmode=3D"0". >>=20 >>> # hw.vga.textmode=3D"0" >=20 > textmode=3D1 doesn't work either. Been using it for years and this is = the=20 > first time it's borked. >=20 >>> # vbe_max_resolution=3D1280x800 >>>=20 >>> (That is, not specifying anything for hw.vga.textmode or >>> vbe_max_resolution.) >>>=20 >>> This boots OK, but I see no kernel probe messages or single- to >>> multi-user mode messages. I can use (e.g.) Ctl+Alt+F2 to switch to >>> vty1, see a "login: " prompt, and that (also) works. (This is the >>> initial symptom I had reported.) >>=20 >> So I tried commenting out hw.vga.textmode=3D"1" and I saw everything >> I expected in my context. Whiteish on black background (or at least >> something very dark). I did not take videos to do detailed >> inspections. >=20 > Didn't work for me. Then again my old eyes didn't detect much = difference in=20 > contrast. >=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>> hw.vga.textmode=3D"1" >>> # vbe_max_resolution=3D1280x800 >>>=20 >>> This works -- boots OK, and I see kernel probe (&c.) messages; this = is a >>> text console (mostly blue text; some white, against a dark = background. >>> It's a medium-light blue, so it's easy enough to read (unlike a navy >>> blue, for example). >>=20 >> FYI: whiteish on black (or at least something very dark) >> in my hw.vga.textmode=3D"1" context. I saw everything here >> as well. I did not take videos to do detailed inspections. >>=20 >> I did not notice any way to tell hw.vga.textmode=3D"1" from >> having no hw.vga.textmode assignment at all. But, again, >> I did not set up for an after-the-fact detailed review of >> what is displayed. >=20 > Everything becomes normal when X starts, except for the three machines=20= > downstairs which don't use X. FYI: My testing did not span using X. I do build lumina, but basically as part of an environment cross-check on building, not for use. Still, I could try to start lumina if needed. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com ( dsl-only.net went away in early 2018-Mar)