<div dir="ltr">I ran into I think the same problem a while back, solved by loading the kernel module that matches the driver - here's the writeup:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2017/09/14/booting-uefi-and-text-consoles/">https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2017/09/14/booting-uefi-and-text-consoles/</a><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 9, 2023 at 1:30 PM Christoph Harder <<a href="mailto:shadowomf@arcor.de">shadowomf@arcor.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
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various changes to the UEFI settings didn't help. The firmware was already the latest available.<br>
To proceed I decided to run the setup again an use the Legacy BIOS option in the installer. Now it works.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
Christoph<br>
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Am 08.07.2023 um 21:22 schrieb Christoph Harder:<br>
> Hello,<br>
> <br>
> I'm currently trying to install Dragonfly BSD on a Biostar A68N-2100K, however I'm having problem with the font rendering .<br>
> To be more precise the font in the console is cut in half and only the upper half of the screen is refreshed/updated but with 25 half lines. I hope you can guess what I try to describe.<br>
> <br>
> The Mainboard does offer two option to boot, UEFI and BBS, so the usb stick I'm booting/installing from is listed twice in the boot options, as "somethin-something UEFI" and as "something-something".<br>
> I guess it's some kind of compatibility mode that the board tries to provide.<br>
> Anyway when I boot from the usb stick without the UEFI-Option ("something-something") the fonts in the console and setup are rendered as usual.<br>
> However when I select the boot option with the UEFI-Option ("somethin-something UEFI") the fonts are cut in half and the screen is updated incorrectly.<br>
> <br>
> Now I could use the option without the UEFI and it would probably work, however I've had problems getting the board to always choose this option.<br>
> It does seem to prefer the UEFI-Option and I havent got it to work reliably by selecting the non UEFI-Option as first boot option.<br>
> <br>
> Has anyone ever had such problems with configuring a UEFI board and can maybe give me some hints what I might be doing wrong?<br>
> <br>
> Best regards,<br>
> Christoph<br>
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