Hi, On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 01:33:12PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Andy Smith composed on 2025-07-29 13:34 (UTC): > > I found a bit of time to tinker yesterday but unfortunately no matter > > what I put with video= always led to no difference and a log line > > saying: > > > ([email protected]) > > kernel: [ 2.910222] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] User-defined mode not > > supported: "1600x1200": 119 340129 1600 1736 1912 2224 1200 1201 1204 1285 > > 0x20 0x6 > > > (video=1600x1200) > > kernel: [ 2.973614] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] User-defined mode not > > supported: "1600x1200": 60 160961 1600 1704 1880 2160 1200 1201 1204 1242 > > 0x20 0x6 > > With a 15:10 2880x1920 display, I would not expect a 4:3 1600x1200 mode to > be supported, though not impossible. Can you configure use of 1600x1200 > running in X? When you run xrandr in X11 or whatever its equivalent in Wayland > is, is 1600x1200 a listed/supported mode?
Yes that mode is offered/usable in Wayland and yes xrandr also shows that mode. There's xrandr output in the first post of this thread. > Supported modes can also be found in > /sys/class/drm/<output-name>/modes. This however only shows the maximum resolution: $ cat /sys/class/drm/card0-eDP-1/modes 2880x1920 2880x1920 The panel obviously must be capable of other modes because grub sets one. I think the vtys must be at this maximal resolution but with a larger font to make it bearable, as when I run "fbset" in a vty it says 2880x1920. > > What I observe during boot is: > > > 1. Absolutely minuscule text at grub menu, persisting up to and > > including point of asking for LUKS passphrase > > Is your Grub menu a GUI configuration, or plain text? Mine on UEFI displays > are all using ordinary text for a Grub menu that looks like about 44-48 lines > tall and all but two characters of the full display width. It's graphical. > > 2. After LUKS passphrase given, screens to reset either font size or > > resolution or both (hard to tell) into something a lot more readable. > > This is still the scrolling text of the boot process. > > This may be plymouth at work. I never have it installed.[1] Try adding also > to kernel cmdline noplymouth and/or plymouth.enable=0 and/or plymouth=0 > and see what happens. Alternatively, check if using encryption requires > it, and if not, purge it. Thanks, I'll give this a go later and see what happens. > After some more experimenting,I think all you should need to do is set the > FONTFACE= and FONTSIZE= to your preferences from the console-setup man page, I think this was already set when I ran "dpkg-reconfigure console-setup": $ grep -Ev '^(#|$)' /etc/default/console-setup ACTIVE_CONSOLES="/dev/tty[1-6]" CHARMAP="UTF-8" CODESET="Lat15" FONTFACE="Terminus" FONTSIZE="16x32" VIDEOMODE= 16x32 Terminus was the biggest font I could select from the list provided, so I think I'm all set there. > then run setupcon -f as root or with sudo or su - to enlarge the font used > in your default display mode 2880x1920. Right so I think that is where I am now - biggest font (16x32) is making my default resolution 2880x1920 just about readable. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
