Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2018 15:13:39 +0000 From: Jonathan Bond-Caron <jbondc@gdesolutions.com> To: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: vidcontrol -i with vt? Message-ID: <DM5PR17MB1625A5587BE3A3368BBC7216B7CE0@DM5PR17MB1625.namprd17.prod.outlook.com>
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Hi, After looking at upgrading from FreeBSD 10.4 to 11.2, I noticed vidcontrol = -I no longer works: root@freebsd11:~ # vidcontrol -i adapter vidcontrol: getting adapter information: Inappropriate ioctl for device See here for screenshots, the text just looks way too small on a 4k screen: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjH3xH9IR1AphexUlPprBBQB2TBGOw After some digging I found 'CONS_MODEINFO' https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/blob/master/usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontr= ol.c#L1137 Which is implemented in 'syscons': https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/blob/master/sys/dev/syscons/scvidctl.c#L= 571 But not in 'vt': https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/blob/master/sys/dev/vt/vt_core.c#L2324 That's also explained in: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons "No support for several vidcontrol(1) features." Think appropriate patch to vt would be to add VESA mode support too: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/commit/653c2af6aea50955f84c98c164cfd99ed= b197426 Is anyone working on adding vidcontrol support to vt? Think I might explore= it in the upcoming months. Currently, can the mode/resolution of FreeBSD 11 be changed in vt without a= graphics card? I'm running FreeBSD as a VM in Hyper-V Server, Best, Jonathan
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