Console resolution/font size

Janos Dohanics web at 3dresearch.com
Wed Nov 25 17:04:39 UTC 2020


On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:40:45 +0300
"N.J.Terry" <newton.ja.terry at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 25.11.20 10:03, Janos Dohanics wrote:
> > [...]
> > 
> > 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

Thank you, setting efi_max_resolution="720p" works great, except as I
noted in my reply to Christoph, the screen is completely blank when
you'd expect the FreeBSD Boot Loader Menu being displayed.


-- 
Janos Dohanics


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