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Date:      Wed, 31 Jan 2018 10:29:10 +0100
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Setting console resultion
Message-ID:  <20180131102910.1f821ddd.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <6825E56C-1AA5-4B34-9221-28B987C321C9@kreme.com>
References:  <5919B7EF-A04A-47CD-AFE1-3B2290420AEF@kreme.com> <20180129154404.f1662f20.freebsd@edvax.de> <BD35D3BE-6948-4C2A-8B4F-C28618F63344@kreme.com> <20180130123207.b7739451.freebsd@edvax.de> <6825E56C-1AA5-4B34-9221-28B987C321C9@kreme.com>

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On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:33:54 -0700, @lbutlr wrote:
> I’ve seen gop mentioned a few times and I have no idea what it is,
> or what a “loader command” is. Do you mean rebooting into the boot
> loader on the initial pre-startup screen (multi user, single user,
> etc?)

A loader command is being issued inside the loader ("_the_ loader"),
i. e., the thing with the "Ok" prompt (where you can load and unload
kernels and modules). :-)

See "man 8 loader" for details.

At system reboot, escaping from the menu (I don't use it, so I don't
know how), or simply pressing the space bar a few times will drop
you to the loader prompt where the "gop list" command can be used,
and a specific mode can be set for further booting.

See the following thread for inspiration:

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/53150/

Note that the particular gop command won't be available on non-recent
versions, like FreeBSD 10.

Additionally:

http://lme.postach.io/post/changing-console-resolution-in-freebsd-10-with-vt-4

(reference from above thread)



-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...






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