UEFI console font strangeness

[Christoph Harder]

Hello,

yes that screenshot looks a lot like it.

Is it correct, that I would require either the the "radeo" or the "amdgpu" module instead of the "i915" modules, as well as the "drm" module.

I'll try it, maybe that fixes it. Thank you.

Best regards,
Christoph


Am 10.07.2023 um 01:57 schrieb 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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