UEFI console font strangeness

[Justin Sherrill]

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:

https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2017/09/14/booting-uefi-and-text-consoles/

On Sun, Jul 9, 2023 at 1:30 PM Christoph Harder <shadowomf at arcor.de> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> various changes to the UEFI settings didn't help. The firmware was already
> the latest available.
> To proceed I decided to run the setup again an use the Legacy BIOS option
> in the installer. Now it works.
>
> Best regards,
> Christoph
>
>
> Am 08.07.2023 um 21:22 schrieb Christoph Harder:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm currently trying to install Dragonfly BSD on a Biostar A68N-2100K,
> however I'm having problem with the font rendering .
> > 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.
> >
> > 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".
> > I guess it's some kind of compatibility mode that the board tries to
> provide.
> > 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.
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> > 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.
> >
> > Has anyone ever had such problems with configuring a UEFI board and can
> maybe give me some hints what I might be doing wrong?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Christoph
>
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