Re: Using loader.conf(5) 'exec' directive to set video mode

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_at_ or x11_at_) 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