[OpenIndiana-discuss] How to get a usable console on OI?

[Chris]

On 2021-01-25 15:16, vab at bb-c.de wrote:
> Chris writes:
>> On 2021-01-25 00:42, vab at bb-c.de wrote:
> [...]
>> > @Chris: Do try to set console resolution to 8 bit and see if it improves
>> > things for you.  You need to create the directory /boot/conf.d if it
>> > doesn't already exist, and add the following
>> >
>> >   loader_resolution=1280x1024x8
>> >   boot_resolution=1280x1024x8
>> Thanks for your reply, Volker!
>> I dumped the above 2 lines to /boot/loader.conf (actually 1920x1200)
>> but they were ignored.
> 
> Not sure if they would work there.  The tried and true way is to create
> /boot/conf.d and put those lines into /boot/conf.d/loader-args (that's
> the name I use).
> 
> For completeness, I also have /boot/conf.d/boot-args which contains
> 
>   boot-args=-v
Ahh. OK. I accomplish the same in loader.conf via:
boot_verbose="YES"
So I'm guessing the syntax you provided is probably not loder.conf(5)
compatible. :-)
I'll move it to /boot/conf.d/loader-args then.

Thanks for taking the time to respond, Volker.

--Chris
> 
> 
> Cheers -- Volker

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