> > On 23. Feb 2021, at 17:53, Jakob Alvermark <ja...@alvermark.net> wrote: > > > > On 2/23/21 12:27 PM, Toomas Soome via freebsd-current wrote: > >> hi! > >> > >> I have done some work to make font pickup a bit smarter (hopefully > >> better;), but my own ability to test is limited to one bugged supermicro > >> and one MBP with retina display? > >> > >> The phab link ishttps://reviews.freebsd.org/D28849 > >> <https://reviews.freebsd.org/D28849> > >> > >> I have built loader binaries as well (bios and uefi): > >> loader_lua<http://148-52-235-80.sta.estpak.ee/loader_lua> > >> loader_lua.efi<http://148-52-235-80.sta.estpak.ee/loader_lua.efi> > >> > >> To test, you should remove screen.font= line from loader.conf and test > >> with different resolutions. > >> > >> thanks, > >> toomas > > > > > > > > Hi Toomas, > > > > > > I tested on five different setups. > > > > Surface Pro 10.6"@1920x1080: > > > > The loader menu looks different, the "FreeBSD" text is on the right side of > > the screen. > > > I think, this was the lua script bug we did fix not too long time ago. > > > > > Otherwise, the font size is what I would call a normal size. > > > > > > Acer laptop 11.6"@1366x768: > > > > Menu looks fine. Almost fills the entire screen. > > > > The font feels a little too big. > > > The laptop built in displays usually do not give out EDID (we get physical > dimensions from EDID), so there we fall back to try to get 80x25 terminal > method.
I am having a hard time with that statement. EDID is very common on laptop screens, infact I can not recall ever not seeing EDID on a laptops builtin screen. My 11" acer 1400 has EDID in it. > > > > Thinkpad built in 13"@1920x1080: > > > > Menu looks fine, but a little slow. > > > > The font size is a little to big for my liking. When drm loads and mirrors > > the screen to my external 27" it looks comically large. > > > > There is another issue - once DRM will kick in, we should re-consider the > console attributes, like fonts, but at this time, the kernel itself only can > use what was built in (8x16), or what loader was offering (default if > present). So it is up to user to act there. It would be really nice if DRM could pick up what the resolution and font was when it loaded! > > > > > Thinkpad external 24"@1920x1200: > > > > Menu looks OK, uses about a quarter of the screen. > > > > Font size is fine, but once drm loads it looks a bit squeezed (like thin > > and tall), but I guess that's drm detecting the built in 1920x1080, and the > > external display is stretched. > > > > > > Thinkpad external 27"@3840x2160: > > > > Menu looks OK, uses about a quarter of the screen. > > > > Font size is fine. > > > > Looking at the dmesg though, it says: VT(efifb): resolution 1920x1080 > > > > > > Jakob > > > > > Those cases .. I suppose the menu was still at left side, not in middle? The > thing there is, our menu is designed for 80x25 screen, with respective > constants. SO again... why are we deviating from that causing us issues? > > many thanks for testing, I have downloaded your modified loader, and put it in place, it shall get tested on my next reboot, which should be soon as 13-BETA4 should be popping out soon. > toomas > > > -- Rod Grimes rgri...@freebsd.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
