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mael
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 Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 6:12 pm Post subject: DRM_RADEON changes text consoles to 4k resolution [SOLVED] |
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Hi All,
I have a rather silly but annoying problem. I have bought a very big and good Acer ET430k Monitor for my no longer so good working eyes an i use it with an AMD Radeon 290X with the drm_radeon kernel module.
The monitor supports 4k UHD resolution ( 3840 x 2160 ) which i DONT want to use in any case, neither classic linux text consoles nor x. all modes are correctly detected in x.
so far so good i have successfully forced x via a custom xorg.conf.d file to prefer full HD resolution ( 1920 x 1080 ) on the sddm login manager. KDE 5 uses also already full hd as i forced him to via the systemsettings app.
My problem is the needed DRM_RADEON kernel module changes text consoles to the "eye hurting" 4k UHD resolution every time i boot up. x and kde works as expected , but my text mode consoles a completely useless because the letters are unreadable small. they are displayed correctly, just way to small! 
i tried vga kernel parameters and several grub.conf parameters but they seem only to affect the resolution BEFORE the drm_radeon kernel module takes control and boosting my text console to unreadable scales. i just want 1920x1080 
can anybody tell me how to force a lower resolution with an active drm_radeon kernel module on my classic text mode only linux consoles?
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mir3x
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If u using HDMI cable then switching cable to cheap HDMI to 1.1 version might force max 1920x1080 maybe ( or 4k with 30Hz, not sure  )
Disabling modeseting might work - add nomodeset or maybe drm_radeon.modeset=0 ?
Try kernel option video=1920x1080 ? not sure if it will work.
Use bigger font in 4k terminal ? https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1072196-start-0.html -> there is some link
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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mael,
Check the name of your framebuffer in dmesg.
It will be something like drmradeonfb
dmesg | grep fb includes
| Code: | [ 1.498144] vesafb: mode is 1024x768x16, linelength=2048, pages=29
[ 1.498147] vesafb: scrolling: redraw
[ 1.498149] vesafb: Truecolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0
[ 1.498157] vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd0000000, mapped to 0x (ptrval), using 3072k, total 49152k
[ 1.506187] fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
[ 1.507235] fb: switching to amdgpudrmfb from VESA VGA |
On my kernel like, I have vga=0x317 video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap, which gets me the | Code: | | vesafb: mode is 1024x768x16, |
If you change video=vesafb to video=drmradeonfb, it should apply to your drmradeonfb console.
I don't know the name of your framebuffer. Use what dmesg tells you.
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mael
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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many thanks to both of you ...
CASE CLOSED 
the solution was simpler than i expected!
i just added
| Code: | | video=1920x1080-32@60 |
to my kernel parameter and it was nicely working as i expected from my older but still smooth box! seems that drm radeon kernel module still respect those parameters for the classic linux text mode consoles. all "vga=" and grub stuff didnt work at all, so i removed them!
i discovered in the arch wiki a nice article on enforcing lower resolutions on newer high resolution screens with enabled kms, we should adapt such a fine article into our own wiki as soon as possible!
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/kernel_mode_setting
i will mark the thread as solved!
again thank you for your help guys
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