[oi-dev] Screen stuck at 800x600

[Till Wegmüller]

Hello All

Could you test that this patch does not introduce more regressions in a new Boot Environment?

https://dlc.openindiana.org/isos/hipster/test/xorg-autodetect-20261020/

Thanks
-Till

> On 19 Oct 2026, at 08:56, Jean-Pierre André via oi-dev <oi-dev at openindiana.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi again,
> 
>> Thus, I tried creating a /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-vesa.conf with the following contents:
>> Section "Device"
>> Identifier "whatever"
>> Driver "vesa"
>> EndSection
> 
> This did it, even restored the keyboard layout ! Thanks.
> 
> By the way I am using multiboot on a traditional partitioning,
> so this has nothing to do with efi.
> 
> Jean-Pierre
> 
> 
> Jean-Pierre André via oi-dev wrote on 10/19/26 8:22 AM:
>> Hi,
>> Before I try, please do me a favour : tell me how I can
>> redefine the keyboard layout through the command line.
>> It is the first time I experience an update redefining
>> the keyboard layout...
>> Jean-Pierre
>> Till Wegmüller wrote on 10/18/26 8:16 PM:
>>> Hello
>>> 
>>> Can you all check if the Workaround here works for you?
>>> illumos.org <https://www.illumos.org/issues/18500>
>>>     <https://www.illumos.org/issues/18500>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If so then I have to trace the bug in illumosfb and limit it to more known configs.
>>> 
>>> -Till
>>> 
>>>> On 18 Oct 2026, at 19:17, Reginald Beardsley via oi-dev <oi-dev at openindiana.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I am experiencing the same issue with 2026.04 LiveDVD install updated yesterday on an HP Z400 with an Nvidia FX1800.  I am not having any problem on my Z840 which was updated 2026:09:18.  The display configuration tool recognizes the monitor and selects the correct resolution.
>>>> 
>>>> Reg
>>>> 
>>>> On Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:25:00 AM CDT, Jean-Pierre André via oi-dev <oi-dev at openindiana.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I have just upgraded an OpenIndiana qemu virtual machine
>>>> for test before doing the same on real hardware.
>>>> 
>>>> The display model is shown as unknown (it has always been
>>>> so, no problem so far), but now its resolution is forced
>>>> as 800x600, which is rather cumbersome (and I will not
>>>> try on real hardware).
>>>> 
>>>> Which is the package to blame ? (the previous general
>>>> update dated from Sept 27).
>>>> 
>>>> By the way, on the screen for selecting the keyboard layout,
>>>> when displaying on 800x600 the ok button gets out of the
>>>> screen and there is no way to approve the change. This is
>>>> rather inconvenient, in particular when installing from an
>>>> iso before typing the initial passwords.
>>>> 
>>>> Jean-Pierre
>>>> 
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