Re: configuring the console on 14-stable with hdmi-attached screen

Hello,

In my setup (15-CURRENT) resolution is set auto:

VT(efifb): resolution 1920x1080

But fonts need to be adjusted otherwise screen becomes too big:

/etc/boot.conf:
screen.font=8x16

Helge Oldach <freebsd@oldach.net> escreveu no dia sábado, 26/08/2023 à(s)
09:38:

> void wrote on Fri, 25 Aug 2023 15:51:34 +0200 (CEST):
> > I can see there's "sc" and "vt" in the kernel but have never
> successfully
> > set a console screen font going by the handbook. In addition to the font
> > being smaller, it'd be good to have it less blocky and for the usable
> screen to
> > go to the full extent of the (1920*1080) screen. Right now there's like
> a
> > 3cm unusable margin all round. The kernel is unmodified GENERIC
> > stable/14-n265022
>
> For historical reasons I'm using "sc". Enabled by
>
> | kern.vty="sc"
>
> in /boot/loader.conf.
>
> To select the proper resolution, in my case I've added
>
> | hint.sc.0.flags="0x180"
> | hint.sc.0.vesa_mode="0x160"
>
> to /boot/device.hints. The correct VESA mode likely depends on your
> graphics card. Mine is a VirtualBox VBoxSVGA on a 1920×1024 screen.
>
> | vidcontrol -i mode </dev/ttyv0
>
> is your friend determining the proper resolution.
>
> Appropriate fonts I chose through:
>
> | font8x16="iso-thin-8x16"
> | font8x14="iso-8x14"
> | font8x8="iso-8x8"
>
> in /etc/rc.conf.d/syscons (/etc/rc.conf will do as well).
>
> Kind regards
> Helge
>
>

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Nuno Teixeira
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