Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2021 13:07:28 -0800 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> To: Dan Mack <mack@macktronics.com> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com>, Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>, Toomas Soome <tsoome@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 3630506b9dae - main - loader: implement framebuffer console Message-ID: <202101062107.106L7SaJ002944@slippy.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.GSO.2.20.2101061442250.66723@localhost.local> References: <202101022009.102K9PRl075016@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <X/WSFQ8jPbgto4jQ@server.rulingia.com> <51035B54-FF30-41EE-BC4A-3D4E0ABD1B13@me.com> <X/Yfo6g8o8PJ0qNn@server.rulingia.com> <alpine.GSO.2.20.2101061442250.66723@localhost.local>
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Add screen.textmode=1 to /boot/loader.conf. You'll get text and depending on your card the font may or may not be acceptable. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: https://FreeBSD.org NTP: <cy@nwtime.org> Web: https://nwtime.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few. In message <alpine.GSO.2.20.2101061442250.66723@localhost.local>, Dan Mack writ es: > I just builtworld/kernel: > > FreeBSD nvserve 13.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT #7 > main-c255633-g3efe9b3e77c: Wed Jan 6 14:23:16 CST 2021 > root@nvserve:/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > from source ... > > VGA console is still completly broken/in-operative. > > Dan > > On Thu, 7 Jan 2021, Peter Jeremy via dev-commits-src-all wrote: > > > On 2021-Jan-06 14:50:38 +0200, Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> On 6. Jan 2021, at 12:33, Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> On 2021-Jan-02 20:09:25 +0000, Toomas Soome <tsoome@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >>>> The branch main has been updated by tsoome: > >>>> > >>>> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3630506b9daec9167a89bc45256 > 38ea45a00769e > >>> > >>> Note that this commit adds a hard build dependency on vtfontcvt(8) > >>> but that tool is depends on the WITH_VT build option. I suspect > >>> that stand/fonts should be likewise dependent on WITH_VT > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Peter Jeremy > >> > >> > >> Thanks for pointing this out. We actually need to build vtfontcvt uncondit > ionally, in addition to font files, we also need it to generate C code for bu > ilt in font (used when there are no /boot/fonts). > > > > That seems to assume that fonts are needed at all - I found this bug on > > a Cloud instance that uses a serial console and has no real or simulated > > graphical display "hardware". > > > > -- > > Peter Jeremy > > >
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