ILO text console working in graphic mode

Hello,

I am quit new in freebsd administration and have a problem with ILO text console. It looks like the graphic mode is ON.

It is showing: "Monitor Is in Graphics Mode or an Unsupported Text Mode" and some colored words.

Any idea to switch off and make text console readeble please?

Thanks.
 
Add to /boot/loader.conf:
Code:
hw.vga.textmode=1
I found this to work better with IPMI remote consoles, especially the older IPMI versions. It just looks better and the console window is resized properly.

Code:
     hw.vga.textmode
             Set to 1 to use virtual terminals in text mode instead of
             graphics mode.  Features that require graphics mode, like
             loadable fonts, will be disabled.
From vt(4).
 
Add to /boot/loader.conf:
Code:
hw.vga.textmode=1
I found this to work better with IPMI remote consoles, especially the older IPMI versions. It just looks better and the console window is resized properly.

Code:
     hw.vga.textmode
             Set to 1 to use virtual terminals in text mode instead of
             graphics mode.  Features that require graphics mode, like
             loadable fonts, will be disabled.
From vt(4).

Hi SirDice,

thanks a lot, it is working properly!

Gulli
 
this trick doesn't seem to work with ILO5 :/
Are you using UEFI or BIOS mode? On a HPE ProLiant ML110 Gen10, I can use FreeBSD 12.x and 13.x fine with iLO5 on a UEFI framebuffer console.

I can't speak for other HPE servers (e.g. DL380, Microserver, etc.).

IMHO switch to UEFI mode, just make sure Secure Boot is disabled.
 
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