VGA options?
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I finally was able to update my 2.7 development version to the latest with included updating to FreeBSD AMD14.
With my previous versions, both 2.6 and 2.7 development edition, I had a line in a config file that set the font to the smaller, not the bigger default VGA size.
That option doesn’t do anything now. Just stays at the larger size default VGA font.
Is there a new configuration option for the font size?
Not an option for now?
Can’t right this moment but will be looking to see if the previous config file was overwritten with the update and FreeBSD AMD14.
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@jimbob-indiana
The line was still in loader.local.conf for i915kms_load="YES". That single line was all I needed before.Being ignored or I'm missing something else.
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I’ve been searching of course. All I can find seems way too complicated for a simple matter. It appears the command verbiage has changed, the location for the Intel HDMI driver has changed, something…….
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Seeing others posting about i915 driver not found in FreeBSD 14. No information on an alternative beyond running a different “patch”. X something or other. Not planning on doing that kind of thing. That’s too much for just making the console menu fit better on my LED monitor.
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Seems to be working correctly now. Did not find any secret parameters. I did a clean install of 2.6 and did it UFS instead of ZFS. Then updated to 2.7. I had config.xml, etc., to restore. Install and update done with no issues. Screen for console now at the higher resolution so the text is not off the screen or truncated.
Some times I think the first step for trouble shooting, although this isn't "trouble", should be backup, reinstall.
Seems like a lot but PFSense install is a snap and as long as have backup, its way easier than trying to find one particular parameter, etc.
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Sounds like you reinstalled using UEFI and not legacy booting, UFS vs ZFS wouldn't make a difference except you select EFI vs legacy differently. UEFI uses a different console method and can be much higher resolution natively. Often you can set that resolution in the BIOS settings.
The i915 drivers changed a bit in FreeBSD 14. The driver itself was taken out and moved to a port which is available in the package repo from the CLI.
You can install the
drm-510-kmodpackage (e.g.pkg install drm-510-kmod) and that gets you thei915kms.kokernel module. You can load it like you did before or withkld_list="i915kms"inloader.conf.local.That will be present by default for fresh installs using a FreeBSD 14 base (Plus 23.01 or CE 2.7.0 snapshots), but for upgrades from older releases you have to install
drm-510-kmodmanually. -
There was a resource exhaustio issue with loading both the i915 ans ZFS modules are the same time in earlier snapshots but that has been resolved.
I will add that loading the i915 graphics driver just to get a different 'font' size at the console is quite extreme IMO. It uses significant resources.Steve
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UEFI would achieve the same goal with much less impact. Especially if you can increase the resolution in the BIOS.
