RPi4 Status and xorg behavior

[Mark Millard]

On 2021-Mar-8, at 13:11, Klaus Küchemann <maciphone2 at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> Am 08.03.2021 um 21:53 schrieb Mark Millard via freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm at freebsd.org>:
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>> My main context does not have the config.txt line:
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>> hdmi_safe=1
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>> and if I comment it out on 13.0-RC1:
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>> #hdmi_safe=1
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>> and then boot again I end up with the same as my
>> main enviroment was showing instead of the huge
>> font showing.
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> 
> Ah, very good catch !!!!
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>> Am 08.03.2021 um 21:53 schrieb Mark Millard via freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm at freebsd.org>:
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>> At 1920 x 1200 the 75 rows and 240 columns makes more sense vs. 1920 x 1080.
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> Without X-acceleration- driver we anyway cannot choose inside  framebuffer..
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> 
> I go for eat a German Currywurst  now, `ll come back in 1 or 2 hours or so..
> I`ll upload my fw-combintion/fixes inside  the keyboard bug report tonight…
> So everybody can choose what works …
> anyway  for me personally never had a problem with the RPI4 from day 1 with the 1st CPU-hack in src…



> … and for your message came in 5 seconds ago:
> Yes: large font @boot, has of course nothing to do with X11 but looks better with better firmware..
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Yes it does as I understand things: the huge font is really
because the pixel counts for x and Y are set small and pixel
replication is in use to get to the actual pixels
in useon the display.

Without the hdmi_safe=1 (when such works), the pixel counts
are accurate and scaling is normal, including in X11 and
such, if I understand correctly. (Not that I've tested such.)

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