Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:53:51 +0100 From: Jakob Alvermark <jakob@alvermark.net> To: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>, FreeBSD Developers <developers@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: testers needed: loader: use display pixel density for font autoselection Message-ID: <59877cd0-781a-4ee9-da3e-8fc80bc92f81@alvermark.net> In-Reply-To: <D1E0B15D-5FBF-4E20-A901-A544B4C6FF5C@me.com> References: <D1E0B15D-5FBF-4E20-A901-A544B4C6FF5C@me.com>
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On 2/23/21 12:27 PM, Toomas Soome via freebsd-current wrote: > hi! > > I have done some work to make font pickup a bit smarter (hopefully better;), but my own ability to test is limited to one bugged supermicro and one MBP with retina display… > > The phab link ishttps://reviews.freebsd.org/D28849 <https://reviews.freebsd.org/D28849>; > > I have built loader binaries as well (bios and uefi): > loader_lua<http://148-52-235-80.sta.estpak.ee/loader_lua>; > loader_lua.efi<http://148-52-235-80.sta.estpak.ee/loader_lua.efi>; > > To test, you should remove screen.font= line from loader.conf and test with different resolutions. > > thanks, > toomas Hi Toomas, I tested on five different setups. Surface Pro 10.6"@1920x1080: The loader menu looks different, the "FreeBSD" text is on the right side of the screen. Otherwise, the font size is what I would call a normal size. Acer laptop 11.6"@1366x768: Menu looks fine. Almost fills the entire screen. The font feels a little too big. Thinkpad built in 13"@1920x1080: Menu looks fine, but a little slow. The font size is a little to big for my liking. When drm loads and mirrors the screen to my external 27" it looks comically large. Thinkpad external 24"@1920x1200: Menu looks OK, uses about a quarter of the screen. Font size is fine, but once drm loads it looks a bit squeezed (like thin and tall), but I guess that's drm detecting the built in 1920x1080, and the external display is stretched. Thinkpad external 27"@3840x2160: Menu looks OK, uses about a quarter of the screen. Font size is fine. Looking at the dmesg though, it says: VT(efifb): resolution 1920x1080 Jakob
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