From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Fri Jan 13 23:11:54 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B868CAE679 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2017 23:11:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from asomers@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-x22e.google.com (mail-yw0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c05::22e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EE329183E; Fri, 13 Jan 2017 23:11:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from asomers@gmail.com) Received: by mail-yw0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id w75so40057637ywg.1; Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:11:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=KnLYZ+mYJoZwySfaeyVDDKfUeVV7mFZkRZdpw8gASmI=; b=nXg1KOOPemFH+DmbzrkWi61Z8Rp76PMU+ECRhnFdjucU9xvzyv59QWoo7DNBdlu2Jm oKWDG2pGjD3xTFK3ODdQPbxVA3yPzOAuELIMs83LKpWvnqAjdDW7WTo22pB5HH99Lbvv 0iF3J/G3+M7Kan9cZudyhFHPGSsS4KGh+OpK05Oqyvh7oW6ZH7ahdWXAn6PMIH/VF53B KEat7etA8KHskLv/IfyLw99+LeqZsXULVyjd4vLZk5n4UkQviry3DVK1yanpeygrWYLy hEuZhaxr7YpJ74Imb5+6yxOLWVVIJrOuS6WXxHmllMTDPDT8ukiqUYIJkTkcXi4w6IJ0 cg5w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=KnLYZ+mYJoZwySfaeyVDDKfUeVV7mFZkRZdpw8gASmI=; b=P2I/oA8uTfPZ/z5Tk4hTSv6AZpZ6aqirRuY+ta1DLR6CYjpza98De+kBs0/my2vSZv OdLP+3NmBOCjs+mgW+SoRBN8H/9h8ra/+rpsUcKwDFfk+jp/6ZB2ZlrQdU79oq5tMlrC v6Erlody1YAnMxPdAkl6ZbsQkn0hs0B3hfGQ+bK7ip0TFTnKrkz9TduOMkZkgs3NA12q Hcmgi6niKriM+iZLC5keSPKrCF3qwnu3w3qQSl5PGQWhuRo1+HO/AoWMg85ekPyy2ZIi jwFUZyGF3H5vmDWWU8QK4TLTYGvmkCbZLcHR6Qf1unLmDsbMiW5OLuZitM8mBOhSlMJb FaLg== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXIcwVjJbK0SXL96qd8WFLSNB7pa0dplat0cUnaizhUzMN3RpkW5tUNgLjrrmBoRAf4HHg1SNmmjH5J2MA== X-Received: by 10.13.210.132 with SMTP id u126mr17163701ywd.122.1484349113070; Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:11:53 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: asomers@gmail.com Received: by 10.129.38.133 with HTTP; Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:11:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <96CA08DF-582A-4405-9E65-B19230EA37DA@gmail.com> References: <96CA08DF-582A-4405-9E65-B19230EA37DA@gmail.com> From: Alan Somers Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:11:52 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: iEO_LH9-Q9Q6IeM04PxoKAazIRE Message-ID: Subject: Re: vt(4) chops off the leftmost three columns To: "Ngie Cooper (yaneurabeya)" Cc: Ed Maste , FreeBSD CURRENT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 23:11:54 -0000 On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Ngie Cooper (yaneurabeya) wrote: > >> On Jan 12, 2017, at 18:13, Ed Maste wrote: >> >> On 12 January 2017 at 18:50, Alan Somers wrote: >>> I've seen three separate machines where FreeBSD11's vt(4) driver chops >>> off the leftmost three columns of the screen. Rendering simply starts >>> at the beginning of the fourth column. In all cases, setting >>> "kern.vty=3Dsc" corrects the problem. >> >> Or try setting hw.vga.textmode=3D1 >> >> Did you observe this with IPMI redirected video or an attached monitor >> (or a combination)? > > I=E2=80=99ll have to double check, but I=E2=80=99m pretty sure I=E2=80=99= ve seen this with my Haswell box (Escher) over VGA using my projector. > Thanks, > -Ngie I take it back. The first three columns _are_ rendered, but they don't show up on some monitiors. It's as if those monitors require a minimum amount of overscan on the left side of the screen, and vt(4) doesn't provide enough. Can that be tuned? -Alan