Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 02:37:05 -0700 From: "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> To: Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Setting console resultion Message-ID: <5919B7EF-A04A-47CD-AFE1-3B2290420AEF@kreme.com>
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I'm not sure why this is so hard, but I've read dozens of pages and = threads on setting up the console to boot into something other than VGA = 80x24 and I can't get anything to change the resolution. I have an old Core 2 duo machine with a 27" screen. Once I change by = boot.conf to use sc instead of vt, I can see the mode that I want = (1920x1440x32) but I cannot get the screen to change. vidcontrol mode=20 This is a fresh install of 11.1. If I try to load the intel driver, the screen goes blank. The onboard video connector not he machine is VGA, so even though the = monitor supports higher resolutions, I don't think those would work. I've also tried 1024x600, just to see if I can get *something* to work. Every attempt requires changing /boot/loader.conf and then rebooting, so = it gets very aggravating very quickly, and I can't find consistent = information since most of the pages i've found refer to FreeBSD 9.x or = 10.x (or sometimes earlier) and it appears a lot has changed in 11.x. I did manage to get a screensaver to load, which switches resolutions, = but I can't get the console to show anything but 80x24 text which it = overscan on the screen so the first and last character positions are = clipped.
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