• 4k commandline interface

    From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Benny Pedersen on Wed May 11 21:02:28 2022
    Hey Benny!

    cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/virtual_size
    3840,2160

    echo "$COLUMNS x $LINES"
    240 x 67

    Currently using latarcyrheb-sun32 consolefont supplied by the kbd package. It is small at this resolution but I can read it. I am thinking it might be time for sun36 consolefonts before my eyesight gets worse, which I am sure it will.

    The above paragraph fits into a single line on this monitor with only two spaces to spare a the end. Definetly more than enough real estate for four bash driven terminals via tmux. :-)

    Gotta love it.

    I am wondering if your Asus has the legacy boot option in the bios or does it require uefi?

    Life is good,
    Maurice

    ... Maþþum oþres weorð, gold mon sceal gifan.
    One treasure deserves another; gold should be given away.
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  • From Benny Pedersen@2:230/0 to Maurice Kinal on Wed Jun 1 07:41:22 2022
    Hello Maurice!

    11 May 2022 21:02, Maurice Kinal wrote to Benny Pedersen:

    I am wondering if your Asus has the legacy boot option in the bios or does it require uefi?

    yes legecy is supported, but uefi is default


    Regards Benny

    ... too late to die young :)

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to Benny Pedersen on Wed Jun 1 13:13:03 2022
    Hey Benny!

    yes legecy is supported, but uefi is default

    Same situation here, however booting to nvme took a bit of head banging and rebooting to more or less get working with uefi. I am not 100% happy with it but all things considered I can learn to live with it. For the record here is what dmidecode thinks about the bios;

    BIOS Information
    Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
    Version: P1.30
    Release Date: 11/27/2020
    Address: 0xF0000
    Runtime Size: 64 kB
    ROM Size: 16384 kB
    Characteristics:
    PCI is supported
    BIOS is upgradeable
    BIOS shadowing is allowed
    Boot from CD is supported
    Selectable boot is supported
    BIOS ROM is socketed
    EDD is supported
    5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
    3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
    3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
    Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
    8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
    Serial services are supported (int 14h)
    Printer services are supported (int 17h)
    ACPI is supported
    USB legacy is supported
    BIOS boot specification is supported
    Targeted content distribution is supported
    UEFI is supported
    BIOS Revision: 5.16

    The "BIOS boot specification is supported" appears to be flakey wrt nvme disks. Your mileage may vary.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

    ... Nearon nu cyningas ne caseras ne goldgiefan swylce iu wæron.
    There are not now kings nor caesars nor gold-givers as there once were.
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