Help with HP 2133 Mininote Text mode drops off before command prompt.

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yekim

It's WAY obsolete, I know. But I pulled it out of the closet and fired it up before deciding to donate it. I actually got 14.3-RELEASE-i386 loaded and running OK in text mode. In text mode I count 25 lines of text, but the last few lines - where the command prompt is - has run off the bottom of the screen. My goal is to see if I can get a GUI working. However, I don't want to attempt this without first having a fully functioning terminal window. Anyone have tips on how to address this problem.

I found online that this laptop's native screen is 1024x600 rather than what I normally see (1024x768). Would this be part of the trouble?
 
Don't know if it works for those odd resolutions, but you can try setting efi_max_resolution or vbe_max_resolution in loader.conf. Use efi_* if it UEFI boots (seems unlikely) or vbe_* for the traditional BIOS boot.

Code: 
           efi_max_resolution

           vbe_max_resolution
                     Specify the maximum desired resolution for the EFI or VBE
                     framebuffer console.  The following values are accepted:

                     Value           Resolution
                     480p            640x480
                     720p            1280x720
                     1080p           1920x1080
                     1440p           2560x1440
                     2160p           3840x2160
                     4k              3840x2160
                     5k              5120x2880
                     WidthxHeight    WidthxHeight
loader.conf(5)
 
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