There's any way to use a custom resolution on the tty?

Kanninha

Hello, The hdmi port on my monitor is broken and I have to use my vga cable now, the problem is that when I use the vga cable the native resolution of my monitor is not recognized so I get stuck with 1024x768 or 800x600, i wanted to know if there's some source file that i could edit or some option like kern.vt.fb.default_mode from freebsd so i can use my tty while using my monitor's native resolution

rvp

Kanninha See here. What resolutions are shown with a gop list or vesa list at the bootloader prompt?

Jay

Kanninha maybe you can try something in /boot.cfg

menu=Boot NetBSD:boot netbsd -c "vesa 1920x1080x32"

Kanninha

rvp I tried this too, i only get 1024x768 & 800x600

rvp

Kanninha I tried this too, i only get 1024x768 & 800x600

Is this BIOS (vesa) or UEFI (gop)? If your firmware is capable of UEFI, turn off CSM (BIOS compatibility mode). UEFI might give better resolutions.

If neither BIOS nor UEFI produce more resolutions, then only the kernel drivers can provide better resolutions (if the display advertises them on the VGA i/f).

Can you post /var/run/dmesg.boot after booting with boot -vx at the bootloader prompt?

Kanninha

Jay it doesn't appear to be a valid command... is there any way i can set a custom resolution after the i915 driver is loaded?