can I use the display native resolution on vty0 as on any other vty's using KMS ?

[nacho Lariguet]

On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 19:28:46 -0300
nacho Lariguet <lariguet at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 18:49:39 -0300
> nacho Lariguet <lariguet at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 23:17:37 -0300
> > nacho Lariguet <lariguet at gmail.com> wrote:
> >   
> > > On Sun, 2 Aug 2020 22:43:29 -0300
> > > nacho Lariguet <lariguet at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >   
> > > > With the following configuration
> > > > on a Lenovo ThinkCentre Tiny M715q
> > > > with an AMD Pro A10/R7 APU installed
> > > > hooked through DP to a HP Z-24i LCD (1920x1200 native)
> > > > I successfully got 240x75 characters on all virtual terminals
> > > > except on vty0 which is stuck at 80x25 (@ 640x480 I guess):
> > > > 
> > > > ... in /boot/loader.conf:
> > > > 
> > > > kern.kms_console=1
> > > > kern.kms_columns=-1
> > > > 
> > > > ... in /etc/rc.conf:
> > > > 
> > > > drm_load="yes"
> > > > radeon_load="yes"
> > > > 
> > > > allscreens_flags="-t 1800 -h 100 -f 8x16 iso15-thin-8x16 -m off"
> > > > allscreens_kbdflags="-l us.iso -r 250.34 -b off"    
> > > 
> > > This is a follow-up:
> > > 
> > > Today I fired-up once again the laptop I last used to check dragonFly (a test-bed) before attempting to install it on the PowerEdge servers.
> > > 
> > > Although it runs 5.4.1-RELEASE it has the same configuration I am running in the newer Lenovo regarding this post, except for the fact that the laptop is booting through BIOS (no uEFI at all) while the Lenovo is booting through uEFI.
> > > 
> > > The laptop has a Radeon video card and loads the radeon[kms] driver as well.
> > > 
> > > - 5.4.1 on the laptop gets me ttyv0 @ 1920x1200 by default
> > > - 5.9.# on the Lenovo gets me standard VGA only
> > > 
> > > Obviously something changed between 5.4.1 and 5.9.# because I am now sure not to be configuring anything different.  
> > 
> > This is another follow up:
> > 
> > I think that vty0 is running @ 1920x1200 but not honoring kern.kms_columns=-1 as honored by all other vty's.
> > In other words: it seems font scaling is going on on vty0 regardless my setting giving me the impression that is running @ 640x480 or similar. Could it be the case on 5.9.# ?  
> 
> And the last follow up:
> 
> Definitely.
> Booting once again with the live image (loading radeon and KMS) gives me 80x25.
> But when logged out as root and logged in as intaller I get 240x75.
> So it is not a resolution problem; it is already @ 1920x1200 on vty0.
> It is root (or any other user I presume) logging in on vty0 and getting 80x25 instead of 240x75 no matter what.

I suspect what I said on my last post is wrong:

Examining the installer script (installer.sh):

	# Console start sequence:
	# - Backend (and all other logging) goes to console (ttyv0)
	# - curses frontend starts on ttyv1.
	# - Uses vidcontrol -s 2 to switch to ttyv1 once the frontend is up.