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    Hyper-V Console Dimensions/Resolution

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Virtualization
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      Bannister8487
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      I have searched and searched and have been unable to find a working solution.

      Is there any way to increase the resolution of the Hyper-V console for a pfSense VM?

      vidcontrol -i mode list is empty. vidcontrol -i MODE_xxx returns "Inappropriate ioctl for device".

      Thank you.

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        provels @Bannister8487
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        @Bannister8487 This worked for me, but I'm on 2012R2... LOL

        Create /boot/loader.conf.local (or add to it if it exists)

        kern.vty=sc
hint.sc.0.flags="0x180"
hint.sc.0.vesa_mode="279"

        Peder

        MAIN - pfSense+ 24.11-RELEASE - Adlink MXE-5401, i7, 16 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD. 500 GB HDD for SyslogNG
        BACKUP - pfSense+ 23.01-RELEASE - Hyper-V Virtual Machine, Gen 1, 2 v-CPUs, 3 GB RAM, 8GB VHDX (Dynamic)

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          Bannister8487 @provels
          last edited by Bannister8487

          @provels Thank you for the reply. Only two modes were available after the loader changes. 80x25 and 80x50. This provided me with a starting point to learn more but I got lost again as I tried to learn about KMS and DRM and Xorg and EDID and vt(4) and syscons and kernels and compiling and scteken and framebuffer and...

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