On Friday, May 10, 2024 4:28:32 PM PDT you wrote: > On Fri, 10 May 2024, Stephen Medina wrote: > >> [ 1.014923] genfb0: framebuffer at 0xf1000000, size 1024x768, depth > >> 32, > >> stride 4096 > >> > >> and this tells us the resolution of the display. > > > > 1024 x 768 > > > > [...] > > > >> So I have 48 rows and 128 columns, despite the quite low res monitor > >> used on that console. > > > > I get 24 rows and 64 columns! Too low it seems. Do I need a different > > monitor? > In some cases, the kernel picks the wrong font size. Try a smaller one: > > https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2024/04/11/msg030909.html > > -RVP
Yeap, this did it: wsconsctl -dw font=Boldface It loaded a smaller font and sysint was able to continue. Thanks.