Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 16:18:41 -0700 From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> To: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Are textmode consoles/terminals still supported? Message-ID: <f7015b9caaaf3e84401e7aa05c130dfd@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <D3417D12-98EE-475F-8C34-73B0CC2BABBC@me.com> References: <05ff1f84a0f3856823fda4b08266f211@ultimatedns.net>, <D3417D12-98EE-475F-8C34-73B0CC2BABBC@me.com>
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:09:06 +0200 Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> wrote > > On 20. märts 2017, at 23:58, Chris H <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote: > > > > I'm attempting to get a video card that DTRT on FreeBSD. > > I started with the graphics provided by an AMD A6-7470K, > > only to discover it's not yet supported. So I forked out > > for a recent nvidia card, and build/installed a new > > world/kernel. > > Everything seemed to be as one would expect, except there > > was an issue with loader.efi. So I had to move mine aside, > > and use the one off the install media (tho I understand > > the (u)efi has since been fixed). Now, I'm attempting to > > obtain textmode. The text stripped from a tty, and pasted > > to a new file in a textmode editor -- ee(1) for example; > > pads the line with spaces to EOL, and prefaces each line > > following the first line with rubbish (about 1 to 2 > > characters worth). > > So "graphics mode" or vt(4) isn't going to get it, for me. > > Textmode, and syscons(4) has always worked as expected, and > > I thought I'd try to re-enable it, or get textmode via vt(4). > > But all attempts fail. > > excerpt from my KERNCONF > > > > device vga > > options VESA > > > > device sc > > options SC_PIXEL_MODE > > > > device vt > > device vt_vga > > device vt_efifb > > > > However, following the advice on the freebsd wiki, querying > > the value in sysctl(8) returns: > > # sysctl hw.vga.textmode > > sysctl: unknown oid 'hw.vga.textmode' > > > > OK how bout vidcontrol(1) > > # vidcontrol -i adapter > > vidcontrol: obtaining adapter information: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > > > So, it appears from my standpoint that textmode is no longer > > supported? > > > > FWIW: > > FreeBSD trump.whitehouse.gov.test 12.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT #0 > > r314700: Sun Mar 5 09:01:30 PST 2017 > > root@trump.whitehouse.gov.test:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TESTKERN amd6 > > > > Thank you for anything that might help me obtain textmode again. > > > > - > > The problem with UEFI is that the fact if you can only get “text” aka VGA > text mode if your card happens to have the proper firmware and you can set up > the card… UEFI as such does only provide framebuffer based console, and > that framebuffer is either linear memory mapped or pure software - in last > case only KMS console framebuffer will do any good. Thanks for the reply, Toomas. I'm running the nvidia blob from the ports tree, version 375.26_1. Am I to understand it doesn't support textmode through (u)efi? All my other boxes also use the nvidia blob, and provide textmode, along with sc/syscons(4) support. But I'm not booting (u)efi on them either. So I guess (u)efi / vt(4) are to blame? My card is pretty recent. I'd think that it would support all the bells, and whistles. But then again... ;-) Oh well, I guess I don't have to use (u)efi. Thanks again, Toomas! --Chris > > rgds, > toomas > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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