On 1/14/21 8:15 AM, Jakob Alvermark wrote:
On 1/14/21 4:49 AM, monochrome wrote:
I should add my experience to this since its different and haven't
seen anyone else mention it.
I see the new boot loader, it's not blank, but its large text, and
it's very SLOW.
I can see each char drawn, and then when it gets to the bottom and
has to redraw all the lines to scroll up for new lines, it loads so
slowly it's like watching an 8086 on a 300 baud modem, or slower!
Takes like an extra 30 seconds to get through all the loaded modules,
then back to normal speed boot with the same large font.
added these lines and everything is back to normal with new
appearance and small font like before, and at normal speed.
hw.vga.textmode="0"
vbe_max_resolution=1280x800
also removed the old lines for the amdgpu efi problem with no effect
so I assume those are no longer necessary and why I'm seeing this
change?
#hw.syscons.disable=1
#kern.vty=vt
#hw.vga.textmode=1
am using X and everything seems fine for now
system:
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G, using integrated vega GPU
ASRock B450M Pro4
13-current
On 1/5/21 8:54 PM, David Wolfskill wrote:
On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 12:46:08AM +0200, Toomas Soome wrote:
...
the 58661b3ba9eb should hopefully fix the loader text mode issue,
it would be cool if you can verify:)
thanks,
toomas
I think, I got it fixed (at least idwer did confirm for his system,
thanks). If you can test this patch:
http://148-52-235-80.sta.estpak.ee/0001-loader-rewrite-font-install.patch
<http://148-52-235-80.sta.estpak.ee/0001-loader-rewrite-font-install.patch>
it would be really nice.
thanks,
toomas
I tested with each of the following "stanzas' in /boot/loader.conf,
using vt (vs. syscons) in each case (though that breaks video reset
on resume after suspend):
# hw.vga.textmode="0"
vbe_max_resolution=1280x800
This works, and provides a graphical console (depth 32).
hw.vga.textmode="0"
# vbe_max_resolution=1280x800
This also works, and provides a low-resolution (and depth 16)
graphical console (800x320 or something similar, IIRC).
# hw.vga.textmode="0"
# vbe_max_resolution=1280x800
(That is, not specifying anything for hw.vga.textmode or
vbe_max_resolution.)
This boots OK, but I see no kernel probe messages or single- to
multi-user mode messages. I can use (e.g.) Ctl+Alt+F2 to switch to
vty1, see a "login: " prompt, and that (also) works. (This is the
initial symptom I had reported.)
hw.vga.textmode="1"
# vbe_max_resolution=1280x800
This works -- boots OK, and I see kernel probe (&c.) messages; this
is a
text console (mostly blue text; some white, against a dark background.
It's a medium-light blue, so it's easy enough to read (unlike a navy
blue, for example).
FreeBSD g1-55.catwhisker.org 13.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT #113
main-c255601-g9fd96b416c45-dirty: Tue Jan 5 17:24:45 PST 2021
r...@g1-55.catwhisker.org:/common/S4/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/sys/CANARY
amd64
+1 on the slowness.
I like the graphics mode, it's very pretty.
But slow. It seems to depend a lot on the screen resolution. On my
small laptop, 1366x768, it's fairly OK. On the 1080p laptop it is very
much slower, it takes about 35 seconds longer compared to the old loader.
Booting on a 4K monitor, well, I didn't time it...
Observations with the current version:
1. The font is now a lot smaller.
2. It feels quicker. However, still a bit slow. Something that seems
very slow is clearing the screen. It's like pulling down a curtain slowly.
3. Booting on the 4k monitor does not work now. Loader looks alright,
but when it hands over to the kernel, the screen just goes blank, and
the machine hangs. This worked before.
Jakob
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