Using loader.conf(5) 'exec' directive to set video mode
Markus Graf
markusalbertgraf at gmail.com
Mon May 20 13:46:07 UTC 2019
Hello Anthony,
I know I am not technically answering your question.
Just in case you don't really care about the resolution but want
bigger fonts.
You can get nice big letters by setting:
fontb32=terminus-b32.fnt
font8x16=terminus-b32.fnt
font8x8=terminus-b32.fnt
in rc.conf
Best regards
Markus
Anthony Jenkins via freebsd-x11 <freebsd-x11 at freebsd.org> writes:
> I'm running (a somewhat dated) FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT (git commit
> 68c8581f7, Tue. Feb 12 13:01:55 2019) on a UEFI laptop with an
> Intel UHD
> display, booting a ZFS root filesystem (gptzfsboot(8)). I'm
> trying to
> get the console into a lower resolution than the native UHD when
> the
> kernel is booted. I can manually do this by breaking into the
> loader
> prompt at boot and entering 'mode 1', then
> 'boot'. loader.conf(5) says I
> can run this command automatically with the 'exec' directive,
> but the
> video mode doesn't change.
>
> $ sudo cat /boot/loader.conf
> Password:
> autoboot_delay="3"
> #boot_single="YES"
> boot_verbose="YES"
> kern.timecounter.hardware="HPET"
> hw.psm.synaptics_support="1"
> kern.vty="vt"
> hw.vga.textmode="1"
> efi_max_resolution="1920x1080"
> exec="mode 1"
>
> I've also tried using directive 'efi_max_resolution' - same
> result. Does
> 'exec' work on my configuration (UEFI boot, ZFS root), or am I
> not using
> it right? I've tried putting other loader commands in 'exec'
> with no
> effect. Same question for efi_max_resolution.
>
> A separate question (possibly for graphics@ or x11@) is when the
> i915(4)
> kernel module from the graphics/drm-current-kmod port is loaded
> by
> rc.conf(4)'s 'kld_list' variable. When I do manually set the
> console
> resolution using 'mode 1', it is reset to maximum resolution
> when
> i915(4) is loaded.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Anthony Jenkins
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Liebe Grüße
Markus Graf
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