Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:40:45 +0300 From: "N.J.Terry" <newton.ja.terry@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Console resolution/font size Message-ID: <24210d43-24ec-433f-d724-90821a51582d@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20201125020318.30f5921d6fee3e267945a243@3dresearch.com> References: <20201125020318.30f5921d6fee3e267945a243@3dresearch.com>
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On 25.11.20 10:03, Janos Dohanics wrote: > Hello, > > I have a newly installed FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT Thinkpad T480: > > FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT #0 2ed50808d2b-c254384(main): Thu Nov 12 07:29:09 UTC 2020 > root@releng1.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/sys/GENERIC amd64 > FreeBSD clang version 11.0.0 (git@github.com:llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-11.0.0-0-g176249bd673) > WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance. > VT(efifb): resolution 1920x1080 > CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8350U CPU @ 1.70GHz (1896.08-MHz K8-class CPU) > [...] > > The screen is hardly readable at the resolution 1920x1080. > > At boot time I escaped to loader prompt and selected "mode 3" which > gave the screen resolution 800x600. > > In /boot/loader.conf I added: > > hw.vga.textmode=1 > kern.vt.fb.default_mode="800x600" > > But after reboot, I'm back to the nearly unusable resolution of > 1920x1080. > > How can I make a specific console resolution presistent across reboots? > And how would I set a resolution between 800x600 and 1920x1080? Hi Janos please delete those two settings in /boot/loader.conf, try instead exec="gop set 3" or set efi_max_resolution="800x600". loader.conf(5): efi_max_resolution ... The following values are accepted: Value Resolution .... WidthxHeight WidthxHeight > Why is > the setting in /boot/loader.conf ignored? > kern.vt.fb.default_mode="800x600" , from vt(4): ....This is currently only supported by the vt_fb backend when it is paired with a KMS video driver. For the setting to take effect there is a need of a DRM module (amdgpu, radeonkms, i915kms) for the linuxkpi-based KMS components from graphics/drm-xxx-kmod.
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